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000320641 1001_ $$aBarber, Charles,$$d1962-
000320641 24510 $$aComfortably numb :$$bhow psychiatry is medicating a nation /$$cCharles Barber.
000320641 250__ $$a1st ed.
000320641 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPantheon Books,$$cc2008.
000320641 300__ $$axix, 280 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm.
000320641 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-266) and index.
000320641 5050_ $$aWho medicated Iowa? -- The commerce of mood -- The triumph of biological psychiatry -- American misery -- Cogito, ergo sum -- The human factor -- The sea snail syndrome.
000320641 520__ $$aPublic perceptions of mental health issues have changed dramatically over the last fifteen years, and nowhere more than in the rampant overmedication of ordinary Americans. In 2006, 227 million antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, more than any other class of medication; that year, the United States accounted for 66% of the global market. Here, psychiatrist Barber provides a context for this disturbing phenomenon. He explores the ways in which pharmaceutical companies first create the need for a drug and then rush to fill it, and he reveals the increasing pressure Americans are under to medicate themselves. Most importantly, he argues that without an industry to promote them, non-pharmaceutical approaches that could have the potential to help millions are tragically overlooked by a nation that sees drugs as an instant cure for all emotional difficulties.--From publisher description.
000320641 650_0 $$aMental illness$$xChemotherapy$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000320641 650_0 $$aPsychotropic drugs$$zUnited States$$xMarketing$$xHistory.
000320641 650_0 $$aPsychotropic drugs industry$$xMoral and ethical aspects$$zUnited States.
000320641 650_0 $$aBiological psychiatry$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000320641 650_0 $$aPsychiatry$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000320641 650_0 $$aDeceptive advertising$$zUnited States.
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