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Mad In America (Revised)
- Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Engelsk Paperback
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Mad In America (Revised)
- Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Engelsk Paperback

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An updated edition of the classic history of schizophrenia in America, which gives voice to generations of patients who suffered through "cures" that only deepened their suffering and impaired their hope of recovery

Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world''s poorest countries. In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society are deeply deluded about their efficacy.

The widespread use of lobotomies in the 1920s and 1930s gave way in the 1950s to electroshock and a wave of new drugs. In what is perhaps Whitaker''s most damning revelation, Mad in America examines how drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed their studies to prove that new antipsychotic drugs were more effective than the old, while keeping patients in the dark about dangerous side effects.

A haunting, deeply compassionate book -- updated with a new introduction and prologue bringing in the latest medical treatments and trends -- Mad in America raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, the meaning of "insanity," and what we value most about the human mind.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
384
ISBN-13:
9781541618060
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1541618068
Udg. Dato:
17 okt 2019
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
211mm
Højde:
139mm
Forlag:
Basic Books
Oplagsdato:
17 okt 2019
Forfatter(e):
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