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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Before Prozac canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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medical history book ⓘ |
| author | Edward Shorter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
contemporary psychiatric prescribing practices
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overreliance on antidepressant medications ⓘ |
| examines |
clinical trials of antidepressants
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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
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dominance of drug-based psychiatry ⓘ rise of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ⓘ treatment of depression before modern antidepressants ⓘ |
| genre |
history of medicine
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pharmacology ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical
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historical ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in psychiatry
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historians of medicine ⓘ mental health professionals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
antidepressant drugs
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depression treatment ⓘ history of psychiatry ⓘ psychiatric medications ⓘ |
| publisher | Basic Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| questions |
biological model of depression
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efficacy claims of modern antidepressants ⓘ |
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