"Behandeling." . . "Pharmaceutical policy." . . "Psicofarmaci - Utilizzazione - Storia - Stati Uniti d'America." . . "Serotonin uptake inhibitors Therapeutic use History." . . "Administrative agencies." . . "Médicaments Politique gouvernementale." . . . . "PSYCHOLOGY Psychopathology Depression." . . "Pharmaceutical policy United States History." . . "Psychotropic drugs industry." . . "Serotonin uptake inhibitors." . . "Drug Approval United States History." . . . . . . . . . "Before Prozac the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry" . "Before Prozac the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Psychiatry today is a barren tundra, writes medical historian Edward Shorter, where drugs that don't work are used to treat diseases that don't exist. In this provocative volume, Shorter illuminates this dismal landscape, in a revealing account of why psychiatry is \"losing ground\" in the struggle to treat depression." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Kritische Darstellung" . "Psychiatry today is a barren tundra, writes medical historian Edward Shorter, where drugs that don't work are used to treat diseases that don't exist. In this provocative volume, Shorter illuminates this dismal landscape, in a revealing account of why psychiatry is \"losing ground\" in the struggle to treat depression. Naturally, the book looks at such culprits as the pharmaceutical industry, which is not inclined to market drugs once the patent expires, leading to the endless introduction of new--but not necessarily better--drugs. But the heart of the book focuses on an unexpected villain: the FDA, the very agency charged with ensuring drug safety and effectiveness. Shorter describes how the FDA permits companies to test new products only against placebo. If you can beat sugar pills, you get your drug licensed, whether or not it is actually better than (or even as good as) current medications, thus sweeping from the shelves drugs that may be superior but have lost patent protection.The book also examines the FDA's early power struggles against the drug industry, an influence-grab that had little to do with science, and which left barbiturates, opiates, and amphetamines all underprescribed, despite the fact that under careful supervision they are better at treating depression, with fewer side effects, than the newer drugs in the Prozac family. Shorter also castigates academia, showing how two forms of depression, melancholia and nonmelancholia--\"as different from each other as chalk and cheese\"--became squeezed into one dubious classification, major depression, which was essentially a political artifact born of academic infighting. An astonishing and troubling look at modern psychiatry, Losing Ground is a book that is sure to spark controversy for years to come."@en . "Before Prozac the Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry"@en . . . . . . . . . "Before Prozac : the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry" . . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . "Psychiatry today is a barren tundra, writes medical historian Edward Shorter, where drugs that don't work are used to treat diseases that don't exist. In this provocative volume, Shorter illuminates this dismal landscape, in a revealing account of why psychiatry is \"losing ground\" in the struggle to treat depression. Naturally, the book looks at such culprits as the pharmaceutical industry, which is not inclined to market drugs once the patent expires, leading to the endless introduction of new--but not necessarily better--drugs. But the heart of the book focuses on an unexpected vil."@en . . . "History" . . "History"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Before prozac : the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry" . . . . . . . "Psychotropic drugs United States History." . . "Psychotropic Drugs United States History." . "United States" . . "Inhibiteurs de la recapture de la sérotonine." . . "Verenigde Staten." . . "Psychotropes États-Unis Histoire." . . "Arzneimittel." . . "Arzneimittel" . "Pharmazeutische Industrie." . . "SELF-HELP Mood Disorders." . . "USA." . . "Psychopharmacology United States History." . . "Gesundheitspolitik." . . "Geschichte 1950-2000" . . "History, 20th Century United States" . . "History, 20th Century United States." . "Government Agencies." . . "Psychopharmakologie." . . "SELF-HELP Depression." . . "Affective disorders Chemotherapy United States History." . . "Psychotropic drugs." . . "Drug Approval history United States" . . "Drug Approval history United States." . "Psychotropic Drugs history United States" . . "Psychotropic Drugs history United States." . "Drug approval." . . "Affektstörung." . . "Government Agencies United States History." . . "Troubles affectifs Histoire États-Unis." . . "Psychotropic drugs industry United States History." . . "Psychopharmakon." . . "Psychopharmakon" . "Psychotropes Industrie." . . "Médicaments Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire." . . "Psychopharmacologie." . . "Psychiatrie." . . "Troubles affectifs Chimiothérapie États-Unis Histoire." . . "Psychofarmacologie" . . "Psychopharmacology history United States" . . "Psychopharmacology history United States." . "Mood Disorders." . . "Stemmingsstoornissen." . . "Mood Disorders drug therapy United States" . . "Mood Disorders drug therapy United States." . "Inhibiteurs de la recapture de la sérotonine Emploi en thérapeutique Histoire." . . "Psychopharmacologie Histoire États-Unis." . . "Zulassung." . . "Zulassung" . "Psicofarmacologia - Stati Uniti d'America." . . "History, 20th Century." . . "Government Agencies history United States" . . "Government Agencies history United States." . "Psychotropes Industrie États-Unis Histoire." . . "Psychopharmacology." . . "Psychotropes." . . "Psychopharmacologie États-Unis Histoire." . . "Therapie." . . "Affective disorders." . . "Troubles affectifs." . . "Geschichte 1950-2008" . .