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Miller takes readers on an eye-opening tour of psychotropic drugs, describing the various kinds, how they were discovered and developed, and how they have played multiple roles in virtually every culture.
""Morphine," writes Richard J. Miller, "is the most significant chemical substance mankind has ever encountered." So ancient that remains of poppies have been found in Neolithic tombs, it is the most effective drug ever discovered for treating pain....
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This video looks at the signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder and differentiates between bipolar 1 and bipolar 2. It considers the types of medications used to treat bipolar disorder, discussing their mechanisms of action and side effects, and discusses what laboratory tests should be done to assess those side effects. It also explains how to minimize side effects.
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"Every day millions of people take psychiatric drugs. In Better Than Prozac Samuel Barondes considers the benefits and limitations of Prozac, Ritalin, Valium, Risperdal, and other widely used medications, and the ways that superior ones are being created." "In tracing the early history of these drugs Barondes describes the accidental observations that led to their discovery, and their great impact on our view of mental illness. He goes on to show...
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"The APA Handbook of Psychopharmacology provides a comprehensive working knowledge of basic pharmacology and psychopharmacology, examines the utility of pharmacotherapy for addressing different dimensions of human suffering, and highlights the broader professional and social issues surrounding this work in a language that is suitable for a broad readership. This 33-chapter handbook is designed as a library reference that captures the most current...
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"This book describes the expansion of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) (fifth edition)--both the manual and its application--and the resulting over-medication of society. The author discusses revisions and additions that have only deepened the epidemics of major depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, social anxiety disorder, attention deficit disorder and bipolar disorder"--Provided by publisher.
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"Do antidepressants actually work, or are they just glorified dummy pills? How can we tell one way or the other?In Ordinarily Well, the celebrated psychiatrist and author Peter D. Kramer addresses the growing mistrust of antidepressants among the medical establishment and the broader public by taking the long view. He charts the history of the drugs' development and the research that tests their worth, from the Swiss psychiatrist Roland Kuhn's pioneering...
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"Keen provides a critical appraisal of psychopharmacology, including its philosophical assumptions, its professional practice, and its practical results. Psychopharmacology's popularity in our culture encourages a displacement of attention from our problems in the world to chemicals in our brains. Based on the objectifications of science, Keen asserts this practice amounts to neglect and, ultimately, violence."--Jacket.
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"Khat, marijuana, peyote--are these dangerous drugs or vilified plants with rich cultural and medical values? In this book, Lisa Gezon brings the drug debate into the 21st century, proposing criteria for evaluating psychotropic substances. Focusing on khat, whose bushy leaves are an increasingly popular stimulant and the target of vehement anti-drug campaigns, she explores biocultural and socioeconomic contexts on local, national, and global levels....
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Discussing theories on the causes of schizophrenia and examining signs and symptoms of the disease, This video differentiates between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders, explores issues of assessment, differentiates between first- and second-generation medications for treating schizophrenia, and looks at motor side effects of schizophrenia medications.
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"We live in an era in which medicalization--the process of conceptualizing and treating a wide range of human experiences as medical problems in need of medical treatment--of mental health troubles has been settled for several decades. Yet little is known about how this biomedical framework affects practitioners' experiences. Using interviews with forty-three practitioners in the New York City area, this book offers insight into how the medical model...
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"In this highly provocative book, Stephen Ray Flora maintains that we have been deceived into believing that whatever one's psychological problem from anxiety, anorexia, bulimia, depression, phobias, sleeping and sexual difficulties to schizophrenia - there is a drug to cure us. In contrast, he argues that these problems are behavioral, not chemical, and he advocates behavioral therapy as an antidote. He makes the controversial claim that for virtually...
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This video discusses the signs and symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobic disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It discusses the classes of medicines used to treat each disorder, possible side effects, and precautions to take. It also considers the use of psychotherapy in treatment.
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Questions why psychotropic medications are being used on children, and reviews the dangers and side effects, and the psyche of a culture that feels they are so often necessary. This book examines the marketing techniques being used by industry to "sell" acceptance of diagnoses including ADHD to parents and educators.
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"Valium. Paxil. Prozac. Prescribed by the millions each year, these medications have been hailed as wonder drugs and vilified as numbing and addictive crutches. Where did this "blockbuster drug" phenomenon come from? What factors led to the mass acceptance of tranquilizers and antidepressants? And how has their widespread use affected American culture?" "David Herzberg addresses these questions by tracing the rise of psychiatric medicines, from Miltown...
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Offering a social and biological account of why psychoactive goods proved so seductive, David Courtwright tracks the intersecting paths by which popular drugs entered the stream of global commerce. He shows how the efforts of merchants and colonial planters expanded world supply, drove down prices, and drew millions of less affluent purchasers into the market, effectively democratizing drug consumption. He also shows how Europeans used alcohol as...
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