Brain-disabling treatments in psychiatry
Subtitle: drugs, electroshock, and the psychopharmaceutical complex
By: Peter R. Breggin.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780826129345
Subjects: United States. -- Food and Drug Administration; United States. -- Food and Drug Administration; Psychotropic drugs -- Side effects; Brain -- Effect of drugs on; Electroconvulsive therapy -- Complications; Iatrogenic diseases; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- United States; Brain Damage, Chronic -- etiology -- United States; Drug Industry -- United States; Electroconvulsive Therapy -- adverse effects -- United States; Psychotropic Drugs -- adverse effects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-526) and index.
Table of contents: title: The brain-disabling, spellbinding effects of psychiatric drugs; title: Deactivation syndrome (chemical lobotomy) caused by neuroleptics; title: neuroleptic-induced anguish, including agitation, despair, and depression; title: Severe and potentially irreversible neurological syndromes (tardive dyskinesia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome) caused by neuroleptics; title: Neuroleptic-induced neurotoxicity, brain damage, persistent cognitive deficits, dementia, and psychosis; title: Recent developments in antidepressant label changes; title: Antidepressant-induced mental, behavioral, and cerebral abnormalities; title: Lithium and other drugs for bipolar disorder; title: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression; title: From attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to bipolar disorder : diagnosing America's children; title: Stimulant-induced brain damage, brain dysfunction, and psychiatric adverse reactions; title: Antianxiety drugs, including behavioral abnormalities caused by Xanax and Halcion; title: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) : drug company advocates; title: Drug company deceptions; title: How to more safely stop taking psychiatric drugs; title: Failed promises, last resorts, and psychotherapy.