Comfortably numb :: how psychiatry is medicating a nation /: Charles Barber.

Barber, Charles,

Comfortably numb : how psychiatry is medicating a nation / Charles Barber.

Barber, Charles, 1962-

2008

RC483 .B28 2008 (Mapit)

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Title Comfortably numb : how psychiatry is medicating a nation / Charles Barber.

Author Barber, Charles, 1962-

Edition 1st ed.

ISBN 9780375423994
0375423990

Publication Details New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.

Language English

Description xix, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number RC483 .B28 2008

Dewey Decimal Classification 616.89/18

Summary Public perceptions of mental health issues have changed dramatically over the last fifteen years, and nowhere more than in the rampant overmedication of ordinary Americans. In 2006, 227 million antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, more than any other class of medication; that year, the United States accounted for 66% of the global market. Here, psychiatrist Barber provides a context for this disturbing phenomenon. He explores the ways in which pharmaceutical companies first create the need for a drug and then rush to fill it, and he reveals the increasing pressure Americans are under to medicate themselves. Most importantly, he argues that without an industry to promote them, non-pharmaceutical approaches that could have the potential to help millions are tragically overlooked by a nation that sees drugs as an instant cure for all emotional difficulties.--From publisher description.

Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-266) and index.

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