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The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth by Irving Kirsch (Paperback, 2009)
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Professor Irving Kirsch knew this as well as anyone. But, as he discovered during his research, there is a problem with what everyone knows about antidepressant drugs. How did antidepressant drugs gain their reputation as a magic bullet for depression?.
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A journey of discovery and an expose of the pharmaceutical industry. Everyone knows that antidepressant drugs are miracles of modern medicine. Professor Irving Kirsch knew this as well as anyone. But, as he discovered during his research, there is a problem with what everyone knows about antidepressant drugs. It isn't true.How did antidepressant drugs gain their reputation as a magic bullet for depression? And why has it taken so long for the story to become public? Answering these questions takes us to the point where the lines between clinical research and marketing disappear altogether.Using the Freedom of Information Act, Kirsch accessed clinical trials that were withheld, by drug companies, from the public and from the doctors who prescribe antidepressants. What he found, and what he documents here, promises to bring revolutionary change to the way our society perceives, and consumes, antidepressants.The Emperor's New Drugs exposes what we have failed to see before- depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain; antidepressants are significantly more dangerous than other forms of treatment and are only marginally more effective than placebos; and, there are other ways to combat depression, treatments that don't only include the empty promise of the antidepressant prescription.This is not a book about alternative medicine and its outlandish claims. This is a book about fantasy and wishful thinking in the heart of clinical medicine, about the seductions of myth, and the final stubbornness of facts.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139781847920836
eBay Product ID (ePID)87311938
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameThe Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBusiness
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorIrving Kirsch
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight258 g
Item Width135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorIrving Kirsch
TopicCoping with Illness
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- 01 Jan, 2020
Totally eye-opening!
Incredibly well researched book about the scandalous way anti-depressants have been marketed by drug companies using misleading information about their clinical research. Very interesting also about the power of the placebo effect.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
