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Author:

Kirsch, Irving, 1943-

Title:

The emperor's new drugs : exploding the antidepressant myth / Irving Kirsch.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiv, 226 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Antidepressants--Effectiveness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-218) and index.

Contents:

Listening to Prozac, but hearing placebo -- The "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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

046502016X
9780465020164

OCLC:

(OCoLC)502135256

LCCN:

2009937860

Locations:

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

DTPD413 -- Garner Public Library (Garner)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)