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Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation

by Charles Barber

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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.

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Charles Barber was educated at Harvard and Columbia and worked for ten years in New York City shelters for the homeless mentally ill. The

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The Pushcart Prize-winning author of Songs from the Black Chair presents an illuminating critique of the abuse and overuse of psychiatric medications in America, revealing how drug companies create a need for a drug, the pressure Americans confront to medicate themselves, the lack of therapeutic options, and the impact of the abuse on American society. 40,000 first printing.

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American doctors dispense approximately 230 million antidepressant prescriptions every year, more than any other class of medication. Charles Barber explores this disturbing phenomenon, examining the ways in which pharmaceutical companies first create the need for a drug and then rush to fill it. Most importantly, he convincingly argues that, without an industry to promote them, non-pharmaceuticalapproaches are tragically overlooked in favor of an instant cure for all emotional difficulties.Compulsively readable and urgently relevant, Comfortably Numb is an unprecedented account of the impact ofpsychiatric medications on American culture and on Americans themselves.

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Table of Contents

Who medicated Iowa? — The commerce of mood — The triumph of biological psychiatry — American misery — Cogito, ergo sum — The human factor — The sea snail syndrome.

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ISBN:
9780307377081
Subtitle:
How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation
Author:
Barber, Charles
Author:
Charles Barber
Publisher:
Pantheon Books
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Medical : Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology
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Medical : Pharmacology
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Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology
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History
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Marketing
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Health Care Issues
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Deceptive advertising -- United States.
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Psychiatry -- United States -- History.
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Psychology : General
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Psychology-History and Politics
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Copyright:
65535
Publication Date:
20080205
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ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
280
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"Synopsis" by , Charles Barber was educated at Harvard and Columbia and worked for ten years in New York City shelters for the homeless mentally ill. The
"Synopsis" by , The Pushcart Prize-winning author of Songs from the Black Chair presents an illuminating critique of the abuse and overuse of psychiatric medications in America, revealing how drug companies create a need for a drug, the pressure Americans confront to medicate themselves, the lack of therapeutic options, and the impact of the abuse on American society. 40,000 first printing.
"Synopsis" by , American doctors dispense approximately 230 million antidepressant prescriptions every year, more than any other class of medication. Charles Barber explores this disturbing phenomenon, examining the ways in which pharmaceutical companies first create the need for a drug and then rush to fill it. Most importantly, he convincingly argues that, without an industry to promote them, non-pharmaceuticalapproaches are tragically overlooked in favor of an instant cure for all emotional difficulties.Compulsively readable and urgently relevant, Comfortably Numb is an unprecedented account of the impact ofpsychiatric medications on American culture and on Americans themselves.

From the Trade Paperback edition.
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