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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808778003321

Autore

Shorter Edward

Titolo

Before Prozac : the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry / / Edward Shorter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-770572-3

0-19-045136-X

1-281-82598-0

9786611825980

0-19-970933-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

616.85/27061

Soggetti

Affective disorders - Chemotherapy - United States - History

Psychotropic drugs - United States - History

Psychopharmacology - United States - History

Serotonin uptake inhibitors - Therapeutic use - History

Psychotropic drugs industry - United States - History

Pharmaceutical policy - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Before psychopharmacology -- The first drug set -- Power play -- Killer drugs! -- Death sentences -- "The plague of affective disorders" -- Losing ground -- What now?

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, Shorter presents a revealing account of why psychiatry is 'losing ground' in the struggle to treat depression. It focuses on an unexpected villain - the FDA, the very agency charged with ensuring drug safety and effectiveness. Shorter describes how the FDA permits companies to test new products only against placebo.