num_pages: 289
description: This book overturns the idea that psychiatric drugs work by correcting chemical imbalance and analyzes the professional commercial and political vested interests that have shaped this view. It provides a comprehensive critique of research on drugs including antidepressants antipsychotics and mood stabilizers.
language: English
title: The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan