Shorter, Edward,

The rise and fall of the age of psychopharmacology / Edward Shorter. - 1 online resource (448 pages). - Oxford medicine online . - Oxford medicine online. .

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medicine generally is about the story of progress, but psychiatry's story is that of failure in diagnosis, in therapeutics, and in the ability to deliver science-based care to suffering individuals.'In The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology', esteemed historian Edward Shorter proposes that the recent history of psychiatry is that of a failed scientific discipline of medicine.

Specialized.

9780197574461 (ebook) : No price


Psychopharmacology.
Psychopharmacology--History.
Psychotropic drugs.

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