The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth - Hardcover

Kirsch, Irving

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 046502016X ISBN 13: 9780465020164

Publisher: Basic Books, 2010

Synopsis

Do antidepressants work? Of courseeveryone knows it. Like his colleagues, Irving 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. Over the course of the past fifteen years, however, Kirschs researcha thorough analysis of decades of Food and Drug Administration datahas demonstrated that what everyone knew about antidepressants was wrong. Instead of treating depression with drugs, weve been treating it with suggestion. The Emperors New Drugs makes an overwhelming case that what had seemed a cornerstone of psychiatric treatment is little more than a faulty consensus. But Kirsch does more than just criticize: he offers a path society can follow so that we stop popping pills and start proper treatment for depression.

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About the Author

Irving Kirsch, a native of New York City, is a professor of psychology at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, and professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut. His research has been published in the British Medical Journal and covered in USA Today, New Scientist, the New York Times, Newsweek, and more. He currently lives in Hull, United Kingdom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046502016X
• ISBN 13: 9780465020164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240