The rise and fall of the age of psychopharmacology /
Shorter, Edward,author.
In The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology, esteemed historian Edward Shorter proposes that the recent history of psychiatry is that of a failed scientific discipline of medicine. Medicine generally is about the story of progress, but psychiatry's story is that of failure in diagnosis, in therapeutics, and in the ability to deliver science-based care to suffering individuals
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Before Psychopharmacology -- 3. The Rise of Psychopharmacology -- 4. Things Get Rolling -- 5. Depression and Schizophrenia -- 6. Industry: Early Days -- 7. DSM -- 8. Science -- 9. KOLs -- 10. Trials Begin -- 11. Trials: Fantasy Patients for Fantasy Diseases -- 12. Trials: Industry Takes Over -- 13. Marketing -- 14. Journals -- 15. FDA -- 16. Prozac and Its Cousins -- 17. Sally -- 18. Atypicals -- 19. TMAP -- 20. The Fall of Psychopharmacology -- 21. Conclusion.
In The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology, esteemed historian Edward Shorter proposes that the recent history of psychiatry is that of a failed scientific discipline of medicine. Medicine generally is about the story of progress, but psychiatry's story is that of failure in diagnosis, in therapeutics, and in the ability to deliver science-based care to suffering individuals
Psychopharmacology.
Psychopharmacology
Psychotropic drugs.