Before Prozac

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"Before Prozac" is a historical and critical study of psychiatric medications that examines how depression was treated before the rise of modern antidepressants and questions the dominance of drugs like Prozac in contemporary psychiatry.

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instanceOf book
medical history book
author Edward Shorter NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
critiques contemporary psychiatric prescribing practices
overreliance on antidepressant medications
examines clinical trials of antidepressants
development of psychopharmacology
historical treatments for depression
marketing of antidepressant drugs
non-pharmacological approaches to depression
relationship between psychiatry and pharmaceutical industry
focusesOn Prozac NERFINISHED
dominance of drug-based psychiatry
rise of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
treatment of depression before modern antidepressants
genre history of medicine
pharmacology
psychiatry
hasPerspective critical
historical
intendedAudience general readers interested in psychiatry
historians of medicine
mental health professionals
language English
mainSubject antidepressant drugs
depression treatment
history of psychiatry
psychiatric medications
publisher Basic Books NERFINISHED
questions biological model of depression
efficacy claims of modern antidepressants

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