Joanna Moncrieff

Broschiertes Buch

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs

The truth about how they work and how to come off them

Beschreibung

In an era when more people are taking psychiatric drugs than ever before, this book challenges the claims for their mythical powers. Its clear, concise explanations will enable people to make a fully informed decision about the benefits and harms of these drugs and whether and how to come off them if they choose.

Autor

Joanna Moncrieff is Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London, and a consultant psychiatrist at the North East London Foundation Trust. She is one of the founders and the co-chair of the Critical Psychiatry Network. Her research consists principally of a critique of mainstream views about psychiatric drugs. She also writes about the history of drug treatment and about the history, politics and philosophy of psychiatry more generally. She is currently leading UK government-funded research on reducing and discontinuing antipsychotic drug treatment and collaborating on a study to support antidepressant discontinuation. She is the author of numerous papers and several books, including The Bitterest Pills: the troubling story of antipsychotic drugs and The Myth of the Chemical Cure

Produktdetails

• The Straight Talking Introductions Series
• Verlag: PCCS Books
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 127mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9781910919651
• ISBN-10: 1910919659
• Artikelnr.: 60486753