A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs (Straight Talking Introductions) - Softcover

Moncrieff, Joanna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906254176 ISBN 13: 9781906254179

Publisher: PCCS Books, 2013

Synopsis

Psychiatric drugs and their use are amongst the most hotly debated issues in the 21st century. How they work, whether they are effective, how to understand the evidence, and explanations of the major categories of psychiatric drugs are all covered in this clearly written guide. The competing theories of drug action are also explained in easy-to-understand terms.

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About the Author

Joanna Moncrieff is a senior lecturer at University College London and a practising consultant psychiatrist. She has developed a new approach to understanding psychiatric drug treatment, and done research on mechanisms of drug action, subjective responses to drug treatment and methodological problems with research evidence. She has also written about the influence of the pharmaceutical industry, and the history, politics and philosophy of psychiatry more generally. She is one of the founders and the co-chair person of the Critical Psychiatry Network. She is author of The Myth of the Chemical Cure and The Bitterest Pills (Palgrave), A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs (PCCS Books) and co-editor of De-Medicalising Misery and Demedicalising Misery 2 (Palgrave).

Review

This straightforward book is one that should be read by anyone currently taking, or thinking about taking, a psychotropic drug; anyone prescribing them and anyone party to their use. It offers a radically different and sobering view as to what the drugs do compared with the views on offer elsewhere. David Healy,Professor of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales School of Medicine, Cardiff.

About this edition

• Publisher: PCCS Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1906254176
• ISBN 13: 9781906254179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 155