Before Prozac : the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry

Shorter, Edward.

Book 2009

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Affective disorders Chemotherapy United States History

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ISBN:

9780195368741
0195368746

Description:

xvi, 304 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Before psychopharmacology
The first drug set
Power play
Killer drugs!
Death sentences
"The plague of affective disorders"
Losing ground
What now?

LCCN:

2008008082

Control Number:

407621