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The Sedated Society: The Causes and Harms of our Psychiatric Drug Epidemic
James Davies (Ed.)
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Description for The Sedated Society: The Causes and Harms of our Psychiatric Drug Epidemic
Paperback. Editor(s): Davies, James. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMS; MMGW; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 213 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
This edited volume provides an answer to a rising public health concern: what drives the over prescription of psychiatric medication epidemic? Over 15% of the UK public takes a psychiatric medication on any given day, and the numbers are only set to increase. Placing this figure alongside the emerging clinical and scientific data revealing their poor outcomes and the harms these medications often cause, their commercial success cannot be explained by their therapeutic efficacy.Chapters from an interdisciplinary team of global experts in critical psychopharmacology rigorously examine how pharmaceutical sponsorship and marketing, diagnostic inflation, the manipulation and burying of negative clinical ... Read more
This edited volume provides an answer to a rising public health concern: what drives the over prescription of psychiatric medication epidemic? Over 15% of the UK public takes a psychiatric medication on any given day, and the numbers are only set to increase. Placing this figure alongside the emerging clinical and scientific data revealing their poor outcomes and the harms these medications often cause, their commercial success cannot be explained by their therapeutic efficacy.Chapters from an interdisciplinary team of global experts in critical psychopharmacology rigorously examine how pharmaceutical sponsorship and marketing, diagnostic inflation, the manipulation and burying of negative clinical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319449104
SKU
V9783319449104
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Ref
99-15
About James Davies (Ed.)
James Davies holds a PhD in social and medical anthropology from the University of Oxford, UK. He is a Reader in social anthropology and mental health at the University of Roehampton, UK, practicing psychotherapist, and author of three books.
Reviews for The Sedated Society: The Causes and Harms of our Psychiatric Drug Epidemic
I can recommend The Sedated Society as a stimulating case for the existence of overprescription and for the acknowledgment of the various harms associated with psychiatric medications. ... Mental health clinicians, service-users, and researchers of all stripes will find the volume of interest. (Daniel J. Dunleavy, metapsychology online reviews, metapsychology.mentalhelp.net, Vol. 22 (4), January, 2018)