An edition of Losing ground (2008)
Losing ground
the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry
By Edward Shorter
Publish Date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
304
Description:
Psychiatry today is a barren tundra, writes medical historian Edward Shorter, where drugs that don't work are used to treat diseases that don't exist. In this provocative volume, Shorter illuminates this dismal landscape, in a revealing account of why psychiatry is "losing ground" in the struggle to treat depression.
subjects: United States, Psychotropic drugs industry, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Drug Approval, Serotonin uptake inhibitors, Psychotropic Drugs, Mood Disorders, Government Agencies, Pharmaceutical policy, Affective disorders, Chemotherapy, Therapeutic use, History, 20th Century, Psychopharmacology, Drug therapy, History, United states, food and drug administration, Serotonin, Administrative agencies
Places: United States