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Pillaged
Ronald William Maris
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Description for Pillaged
Paperback. An examination of the efficacy and safety of psychiatric medications in light of how little is understood about how they work Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMGW; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
It is estimated that forty-five to fifty percent of all Americans will suffer a mental disorder at some time during their lives. Increasingly, the treatment for these disorders is management with one or more psychiatric drugs, often prescribed by general practitioners. In Pillaged Ronald William Maris evaluates the psychiatric medications commonly used to treat several major types of psychiatric disorders - including depression and mood disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders - asking “do they work as advertised?” and, more importantly, “are they safe?”
Answers to these questions are more ambiguous than we might think, Maris explains, ... Read more
It is estimated that forty-five to fifty percent of all Americans will suffer a mental disorder at some time during their lives. Increasingly, the treatment for these disorders is management with one or more psychiatric drugs, often prescribed by general practitioners. In Pillaged Ronald William Maris evaluates the psychiatric medications commonly used to treat several major types of psychiatric disorders - including depression and mood disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders - asking “do they work as advertised?” and, more importantly, “are they safe?”
Answers to these questions are more ambiguous than we might think, Maris explains, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781611174618
SKU
V9781611174618
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About Ronald William Maris
Ronald William Maris is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of psychiatry, family medicine, and sociology at the University of South Carolina (USC), USA. He directed the USC Center for the Study of Suicide from 1985 to 2001, served as editor of the journal Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior from 1981 to 1996, is Past-President of the American Association of Suicidology, and ... Read more
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