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Antipsychotic (neuroleptic) Drugs Have Become Some Of The Biggest Blockbusters Of The Early 21st Century, Increasingly Prescribed Not Just To People With 'schizophrenia' Or Other Severe Forms Of Mental Disturbance But For A Range Of More Common Psychological Complaints. This Book Challenges The Accepted Account That Portrays Antipsychotics As Specific Treatments That Target An Underlying Brain Disease And Explores Early Views That Suggested, In Contrast, That Antipsychotics Achieve Their Effects By Inducing A State Of Neurological Suppression. Professional Enthusiasm For Antipsychotics Eclipsed This Understanding, Exaggerated The Benefits Of Antipsychotics And Minimized Or Ignored Evidence Of Their Toxic Effects. The Pharmaceutical Industry Has Been Involved In Expanding The Use Of Antipsychotics Into Territory Where It Is Likely That Their Dangers Far Outweigh Their Advantages-- Cure Or Curse: What Are Antipsychotics? -- Chlorpromazine: The First Wonder Drug -- Magic Bullets: The Development Of Ideas On Drug Action -- Building A House Of Cards: The Dopamine Theory Of Schizophrenia And Drug Action -- The Phoenix Rises: From Tardive Dyskinesia To The Introduction Of The 'atypicals'

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Author

Joanna Moncrieff

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781137277428

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Philosophy, Psychology

Updated

2026-03-24