Medication madness
Subtitle: a psychiatrist exposes the dangers of mood-altering medications
By: Peter R. Breggin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780312363383
Subjects: Psychotropic drugs -- Side effects; Brain -- Effect of drugs on; Forensic psychiatry -- United States; Liability for emotional distress -- United States; Psychotropic Drugs -- adverse effects -- United States; Homicide -- United States; Jurisprudence -- United States; Mood Disorders -- etiology -- United States; Suicide -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is medication spellbinding?; title: The toothless watchdog growls; title: Killing the pain-and almost the cop; title: The man with too many complaints; title: Young girl murderers in the making; title: Doctors driven mad by medications; title: Killing loved ones to save the world; title: Drug-induced "happy faces"; title: Not quite twelve years old; title: Sleeping pill madness; title: Tranquilized into violence; title: A courtroom Christmas story; title: A vicious addiction; title: He wanted to do better in school; title: Spellbound by Ritalin addiction; title: Parents forced to drug their children; title: This is not my daughter; title: Dilemmas in the role of the medical expert; title: Drug companies on trial; title: Marketing myths and the truth about psychiatric medication; title: Spellbound by drug withdrawal reactions; title: Making drug withdrawal as safe as possible; title: The tough question of personal responsibility; title: Choose your last resort wisely.