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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches                 Summary       More by this author     Maris, Ronald W.     Subjects     Psychology, Pathological -- Drug therapy.     Suicide -- Psychology.     Mental illness -- Drug therapy.     Electronic books.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Maris, Ronald W.       by title:      Pillaged : psychiatr...         MARC Display

Pillaged : psychiatric medications and suicide risk [electronic resource]. by Maris, Ronald W. Subjects Psychology, Pathological -- Drug therapy.   Suicide -- Psychology.   Mental illness -- Drug therapy.   Electronic books. Publisher Info:  [United States] : University of South Carolina Press, 2015. Made available through hoopla Description:  1 online resource RDA Types:  text computer online resource Digital File Characteristics:  text file ISBN:  9781611174625 (electronic bk.) 1611174627 (electronic bk.) Format Book:  Summary:  It is estimated that forty-five to fifty percent of all Americans will suffer a mental disorder at some time during their lives. Increasingly, the treatment for these disorders is management with one or more psychiatric drugs, often prescribed by general practitioners. In Pillaged Ronald William Maris evaluates the psychiatric medications commonly used to treat several major types of psychiatric disorders--including depression and mood disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders-asking do they work as advertised? and, more importantly, are they safe? Answers to these questions are more ambiguous than we might think, Maris explains, because drug manufacturers tend to minimize the adverse effects of their products. Furthermore, the underlying neurobiological theories of how psychiatric drugs work are complex, poorly understood, and often conflicting. Still Americans spend tens of billions of dollars a year on antidepressants and antipsychotics alone. While Maris questions the rampant prescribing of psychiatric medications especially in young people, Pillaged does not suggest that anyone cavalierly discontinue potentially beneficial psychiatric medications without the advice of a qualified mental health professional. The book acknowledges that psychiatric medications are often necessary in treating some psychiatric conditions, but it reminds readers of medication's potential for degrading one's quality of life, contributing to self-destructive behaviors, and even leading to death in a vulnerable minority of patients. Maris advocates an open and honest discussion of data on psychiatric drugs, their effects, and their dangers, and he reminds readers of available alternative, nondrug treatments for psychiatric disorders. By reviewing the history and effects of medications for mental disorders, Maris hopes to educate health care consumers and prescribers to make careful, informed decisions about the treatment of psychiatric disorders. URL:  https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12067487 Instantly available on hoopla. Cover image https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/csp_9781611174625_180.jpeg No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Status   Marion Public Library Hoopla Downloadable Digital Download Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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