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Antipsychotics : history, science, and issues / Jeffrey Kerner and Bridget McCoy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kerner, Jeffrey, author.
- McCoy, Bridget, author.
- Series:
- Story of a drug.
- The Story of a Drug
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antipsychotic drugs.
- Antipsychotic drugs--History.
- Psychoses--Chemotherapy.
- Psychoses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- The problem of serious mental illness is a widely discussed topic in the media and popular culture. This text provides a comprehensive analysis of antipsychotic medications, covering historical, social, and scientific viewpoints on this important and controversial class of medications. Antipsychotics are unique drugs with the ability to alter how people think and communicate. As a result, physicians must weigh a range of implications when prescribing antipsychotics. Antipsychotics: History, Science, and Issues offers a robust explanation of antipsychotic medications that covers the historical, ethical, medical, legal, and scientific dimensions of antipsychotics. The chapters explore topics ranging from the science of how examples of this class of drug actually work in the body to the social and legal implications of antipsychotics, making this subject understandable and relatable for lay readers who are not mental health practitioners. Readers will learn why prescribing antipsychotics is often a difficult decision due to the inherent risks of giving these medications to different types of patients and appreciate how mental health laws impact psychiatrists' prescribing practices.
- Contents:
- Ch. 1: Case Studies
- Ch. 2: What Are Antipsychotics?
- Ch. 3: Antipsychotics: A Brief History
- Ch. 4: How Antipsychotics Work
- Ch. 5: Effects and Applications
- Ch. 6: Risks, Misuse, and Overdose
- Ch. 7: Production, Distribution, and Regulation
- Ch. 8: The Social Dimensions of Antipsychotics
- Ch. 9: The Future of Antipsychotics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400613500
- 9798216048541
- 9781440839894
- 1440839891
- OCLC:
- 988818715
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