The Antidepressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, And LuvoxKnown as "the Ralph Nader of psychiatry," Dr. Peter Breggin has been the medical expert in countless court cases involving the use or misuse of psychoactive medications. This unusual position has given him unprecedented access to private pharmaceutical research and correspondence files, information from which informs this straight-talking guide to the most prescribed and controversial category of American drugs: antidepressants. From how these drugs work in the brain to how they treat (or don't treat) depression and obsessive-compulsive, panic, and other disorders; from the documented side and withdrawal effects to what every parent needs to know about antidepressants and teenagers, The Anti-Depressant Fact Book is up-to-the minute and easy-to-access. Hard-hitting and enlightening, every current, former, and prospective antidepressant-user will want to read this book. |
Contents
THREE | 43 |
FOUR | 62 |
FIVE | 72 |
SEVEN | 93 |
Dangerous Drug Interactions and a Genetic Vulnerability | 107 |
ELEVEN | 134 |
TWELVE | 144 |
From Lobotomy to Electroshock and Brain Stimulation | 153 |
FOURTEEN | 168 |
SIXTEEN | 182 |
The International Center for the Study | 201 |
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About the Author | 226 |
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