The emperor's new drugs exploding the antidepressant myth
Listening to Prozac, but hearing placeboThe "dirty little secret" -- Countering the critics -- The myth of the chemical imbalance -- The placebo effect and the power of belief -- How placebos work -- Beyond antidepressants.
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New York, NY
Basic Books
c 2010
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Listening to Prozac, but hearing placeboThe "dirty little secret" -- Countering the critics -- The myth of the chemical imbalance -- The placebo effect and the power of belief -- How placebos work -- Beyond antidepressants. Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs before deciding to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs actually were. His research has demonstrated that what everyone knew about antidepressants was wrong. Instead of treating depression with drugs, we've been treating it with suggestion |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. [194] - 218 Originally publ.: London : Bodley Head, 2009 |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 226 S. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780465020164 978-0-465-02016-4 |