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Author:   James Davies
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   4.348kg
ISBN:  

9783319449104

ISBN 10:   3319449109
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   09 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Psychopharmacology is not Evidence-Based Medicine; Peter C. Gøtzsche.- Chapter 2. Starting Young: Children Cultured into Becoming Psycho-Pharmaceutical Consumers – The Example of Childhood Depression; Sami Timimi.- Chapter 3. Opium and the People: The Prescription Psychopharmaceutical Epidemic in Historical Context; Joanna Moncrieff.- Chapter 4. Desperate for a Fix: My Story of Pharmaceutical Misadventure; Luke Montagu.- Chapter 5. Neuroleptic (Antipsychotic) Drugs: An Epidemic of Tardive Dyskinesia and Related Brain Injuries Afflicting Tens of Millions; Peter R. Breggin.- Chapter 6. Psychiatry Under the Influence; Robert Whitaker.- Chapter 7. Political Pills: Psychopharmaceuticals and Neoliberalism as Mutually Supporting; James Davies.- Chapter 8. Psychopharmaceuticals as ‘Essential Medicines’: Local Negotiations of Global Access to Psychotherapeutic Medicines in India; China Mills.- Chapter 9. The Public and Private Lives of Psychopharmaceuticals in the Global South; Stefan Ecks.- Chapter 10. A Manifesto for Psychological Health and Wellbeing; Peter Kinderman. 

Reviews

I can recommend The Sedated Society as a stimulating case for the existence of overprescription and for the acknowledgment of the various harms associated with psychiatric medications. ... Mental health clinicians, service-users, and researchers of all stripes will find the volume of interest. (Daniel J. Dunleavy, metapsychology online reviews, metapsychology.mentalhelp.net, Vol. 22 (4), January, 2018)

Author Information

James Davies holds a PhD in social and medical anthropology from the University of Oxford, UK. He is a Reader in social anthropology and mental health at the University of Roehampton, UK, practicing psychotherapist, and author of three books.

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