Better Than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs
de Barondes, Samuel H
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0195151305
- ISBN 13
- 9780195151305
- Librería
-
Spring Branch, Texas, United States
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Sinopsis
Every day millions of people take psychiatric drugs. In Better Than Prozac Samuel Barondes considers the benefits and limitations of Prozac, Ritalin, Valium, Risperdal, and other widely used medications and the ways that superior ones are being created. In tracing the early history of these drugs Barondes describes the accidental observations that led to their discovery and their great impact on our view of mental illness. He goes on to show how their unexpected therapeutic effects were attributed to their influence on neurotransmitters thatcarry signals in the brain and how this guided their improvement. But Barondes reminds us that, like the originals, current psychiatric drugs don't always work, and often have negative side effects. Furthermore, none were crafted as remedies for known brain abnormalities...
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- Librería
- GuthrieBooks (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- GL1733420
- Título
- Better Than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs
- Autor
- Barondes, Samuel H
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0195151305
- ISBN 13
- 9780195151305
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003-06-16
- Tamaño
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 18 oz
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