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Best buy for the money...brief but extremely thorough...
Once again this small volume of 107 pp. (including an index) covers 17 different sections, including every class of drug used by contemporary psychiatrists. It is small enough to carry in your pocket! Yes, it discusses all the "traditional" drugs along with the newer ones such as Abilify, Geodon, Strattera, Provigil, memantine, pregabalin, duloxetine, escitalopram, Zydis, Soltabs, etc. I use this book every day when evaluating patients in a very busy Level One Trauma Center, and it is just a tremendous resource. I don't know of a more comprehensive volume for the money or the size. Suitable for all levels of mental health professionals...I guarantee that you will not be disappointed. Updates can be downloaded at the publisher's Web site! For those seeking a more comprehensive overview look at the books by Stephen Stahl, Schatzberg et. al., etc. Enjoy! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Pharmacology    4. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    5. Clinical & Internal Medicine    6. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Antidepressants    2. Chemotherapy    3. Depression    4. Depression, Mental    5. Depressive Disorder    6. Medical    7. Mental Depression    8. Mental Illness    9. Neuropsychopharmacology    10. Psychiatry - General    11. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    12. Psychology    13. drug therapy    14. Pharmacology   

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Can you believe this tripe?
This book actually suggests that bad parents cause schizophrenia.That's as bad as the now defunct theory that autism was caused by the coldness of mothers.Hasn't it occured to anyone that this is genetic and that untreated mothers are what they're actually looking at?I wish I could give this book zero stars.

Ups!Sorry!It IS BACK in print!
Since HOW TO BECOME A SCHIZOPHRENIC was out of print for five years, and since the author told me by mail he was pessimistic about bringing it back to print, I wrote the previous review under the impression that the book was not available in 2003.Sorry! A shame this book is not in print!
John Modrow has written the best book describing how parents can drive a son mad.Read more

Subjects:  1. Diseases    2. Medical    3. Mental Health    4. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    5. Psychology    6. Research & Methodology    7. Clinical & Internal Medicine    8. Health systems & services    9. Medical / Mental Health   

Subjects:  1. Drugs    2. Epithelial cells    3. Laboratory Medicine    4. Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Methodology    8. Pharmacy    9. Physiological transport    10. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    11. Reference    12. Research    13. Testing    14. Cellular biology    15. Medical / Reference    16. Pharmacology   

Subjects:  1. Adolescence    2. Child    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Mental Disorders    6. Pediatric psychopharmacology    7. Pediatrics    8. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    9. Psychiatry - General    10. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    11. drug therapy    12. Medical / Psychiatry    13. Paediatric medicine    14. Pharmacology    15. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Dreams    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Mental Health    6. Neurology - General    7. Physiological aspects    8. Psychiatry - General    9. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    10. Sleep    11. Sleep disorders    12. Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)    13. Medical / Neurology    14. Medical-Mental Health    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology    16. Sleep & dreams   

Subjects:  1. Family & General Practice    2. Handbooks & Manuals    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Mental illness    7. Neuropsychopharmacology    8. Primary care (Medicine)    9. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    10. Psychopharmacology    11. Treatment    12. Pharmacology    13. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Emotions    2. Medical    3. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology   

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If you want to change your antischizophrenia medication
This book, which is a publication of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, deals with various anti psychotics including the atypicals.
best book on current medications for schizophrenia
I think every doctor and clinician should have this book as a reference.It is also useful for family members and patients.It is the best one that I have found that gives clear information regarding the benefits ofclozapine, risperdole, and olanzapine as well as guidelines for changingfrom the older medications that have more risk of tardive dyskinesia.Ifyou only buy one book on up-to-date treatment of schizophrenia, this is theone! There are chapters with advice for patients as well. I gave a copy toa friend who needed this information, so am ordering another!

An important, in-depth survey of antipsychotic medications.
Breakthroughs In Antipsychotic Medications provides an important, in-depth survey of the antipsychotic medications which have succeeded in helping many, surveying the pros and cons of their side-effects and applicationsand including insights on the symptoms and treatments of various mentalconditions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chemotherapy    2. Mental Illness    3. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    4. Psychology    5. Psychotics    6. Reference    7. Schizophrenia    8. Technological innovations    9. Treatment    10. Abnormal psychology    11. Clinical psychology    12. Medical toxicology    13. Psychiatry   

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10 Foolish Fortune Hunters: The True Tale of a Female Marijuana Farmer
If you have ever thought of "Growing Your Own" then you should read this book. It gives you an Idea of how hard and dangerous it is.

10 foolish fortune hunters
I think we have found our female Tom Robbins. Luaghed all the way through but also found it very very thoughtful and provoking. Raising many issues about how we value money,our lives, and the environment. Finally a novel that presents meditation as a way of dealing with our life. Hurrah. hurrahCal Morgan keep it going.

10 foolish fortune hunters
I think we have found our female Tom Robbins. Luaghed all the way through but also found it very very thoughtful and provoking. Raising many issues about how we value money,our lives, and the environment. Finally a novel that presents meditation as a way of dealing with our life. Hurrah. hurrahCal Morgan keep it going. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Criminals & Outlaws    5. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    6. Women    7. Biography    8. Buddhism    9. Hemp   

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decent enough
this writer seemed to whore his way through Cambodia back when that was the main reason that expats were living there. His story is interesting enough and has some anthropological value though he is not a very charming writer. He describes it all with such prosaic numbness, not for any literary effect but because he is not really a very skillful writer. Still, for fans of writing about the Asian underworld, this is a good read, just don't expect literature.

What's the point?
I'm a big reader of travelogues, and after a brief visit to Cambodia, I picked this up to try and supplement my own tame trip to Siem Reap. What I didn't realize until I started reading the prologue is that this isn't a book about Cambodia or Phnom Penh, but rather, as the author explains: "This book specifically focuses on those people in Phnom Penh that live (as judged by 'normal' Westerners) 'indecent' and extraordinary lives." As such, the book doesn't make any pretensions that it is an accurate representation of the city or its mainstream culture. So, there's ultimately little point to reading this unless you really want to learn about the worst excesses of the expat community who lived there a decade ago.
Over-heated and over-rated !

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Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Social Science    3. Sociology    4. Asia    5. Cambodia    6. Southeast Asia    7. Travel    8. Travel writing   

Subjects:  1. Adolescence    2. Child Psychiatry    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Mental Disorders    6. Neuropsychopharmacology    7. Pediatric psychopharmacology    8. Pharmacology    9. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    10. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    11. Psychotropic drugs    12. drug therapy    13. Clinical psychology    14. Medical / Psychiatry    15. Paediatric medicine    16. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Alternative Medicine    2. Case studies    3. Gardening    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Herbs    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Mental illness    9. Nutritional aspects    10. Pain Medicine    11. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    12. Psychopharmacology    13. Reference    14. Therapeutic use   

Subjects:  1. Child Psychiatry    2. Medical    3. Neuropsychopharmacology    4. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    5. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    6. Psychology    7. Medical / Psychiatry    8. Pharmacology    9. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Mental Disorders    3. Nervous System Diseases    4. Neurobehavioral disorders    5. Neurology - General    6. Neuropsychology    7. Patients    8. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    9. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    10. Psychology    11. Rehabilitation    12. Physiological & neuro-psychology    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Neuropsychology   

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Good book
Good review of the negative aspects of SSRIs (and there are many).Would have given it five stars, but he leaves out the very important fact that SSRIs can sometimes cause permanent sexual dysfunction after the drugs are stopped.This has long been overlooked by the medical community and should be included here.Do a goolge search for details.

Packed with information, but difficult to read
David Healy obviously knows a lot about antidepressants (and about psychopharmacology in general).However, he apparently doesn't know a lot about using clear, straightforward, unpretentious language. ignorance may be bliss but it does not solve the problem
Being a researcher of SSRIs and depression from a psychologiacl standpoint I was impressed by the line took by Healy- my own research is begining to show that even when people take SSRIs their self-esteem (which is formed by childhood and environment) is not affected or changed. I agree with Healy that we should take far more account of the fundamnetal social implications of depression within society and treat this as well as the individual- doing this is a far more efective way of tackling depression. However this may not be the case for the drug companies. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antidepressants    2. Depression    3. History    4. Medical    5. Mental Depression    6. Neuropsychopharmacology    7. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    10. Sociology    11. Pharmaceutical industries    12. Pharmacology    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology    14. Psychotherapy    15. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Clinical psychologists    4. Health Care Administration    5. Management - General    6. Mental Health And Hygiene    7. Mental health services    8. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    9. Psychology    10. Psychology & Psychiatry Profession - General    11. Universities and colleges    12. Management & management techniques    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology    14. Psychotherapy   

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most objective, nuanced history of psychopharmaceuticals
David Healy is probably the top historian of psychopharmacology in the last three years.He tells the story of the use of neuroleptics in treating schizophrenia that shows how the interests of certain parties (ie pharmaceutical companies and psychiatrists desperate to do something about horrendous and overcrowded conditions in state mental hospitcals) came to define the nature of psychopharmaceuticals and even the nature of schizophrenia - a pretty vaguely-defined illness - itself.Somehow, chlorpromazine went from being looked at as pretty similar as lobotomy, insulin therapy, or many of the other treatments previously used for schizophrenia, in the early 1950s, to being a magic bullet, saving schizophrenics from a lifetime of insanity without side effects, which is simply not the case. Where's The Beef?
Hopefully without offending vegetarians, my question about this book is...where's the beef? The Creation of Psychopharmacology is filled with claims which the author, David Healy, appears to believe the reader will be sufficiently knowledgeable to take at face value.But it is the claims themselves - and evidence for and against their accuracy - which presumably should be at the heart of this book.For example, at p. 170, the author states that when "SSRI withdrawal was shown to exist in the late 1990s, the medical establishment denied that SSRIs could be addictive."Nevertheless, the author reports, by the time millions were taking SSRIs, "users faced the prospect of inadvertantly being hooked."What does any of this mean?"SSRI withdrawal" presumably means withdrawing from using SSRIs just as a politician might consider withdrawing from an election campaign.If the author means SSRI withdrawal SYMPTOMS or CONSEQUENCES were shown to exist, then the part about the late 1990s is weird.Consequences exist when the use of ANY drug, perhaps any medication, is terminated.One did not have to wait for the 1990s.If you withdraw from using a nasal spray, you may have a rebound effect.If you stop drinking coffee cold turkey, you may experience withdrawal symptoms.So too with SSRIs, the use of which should not be abruptly terminated, as it says on the little plastic bottle.This is news?If the author means that in the late 1990s, it was discovered that SSRIs cause "dependence," then we might reasonably expect to be told what that means.Millions "depend" on SSRIs to cope with depression.Uh...okay.That sounds good, not bad.Something you can finally depend on!But if the author means "dependence" as in "addiction," then where's the proof?Xanax is "fiercely addictive," as Peter Kramer says, in Listening to Prozac.But the author of The Creation of Psychopharmacology offers NO evidence at all that SSRIs are "addictive" in the sense that Valium or Heroin are addictive.When is the last time you were mugged by someone desperate for money to buy Zoloft?So here you have a book by a psychiatrist who testifies on SSRIs and suicide in federal court, a book published by Harvard Univ. Press with one blurb on the back, by the noted historian Edward Shorter, which makes the extraordinary claim that millions risk "inadvertantly" (they take the medication by accident?they are being lied to by the 'medical establishment'?) becoming "hooked" (shooting Celexa with a needle?)or addicted to SSRIs without providing any proof for this claim other than the suggestion that when you stop using an SSRI, presumably gradually as advised by your physician, you may feel different than when you were taking the medication? You feel different when you stop taking aspirin for headaches (more pain in the head region) or stop eating so much ice cream and other dairy products (e.g., less congestion).Surely there must be more to addiction, being inadvertantly hooked, than this.Perhaps Harvard Univ. Press or even David Healy could straighten us out as to why this book skims along the surface, taking ever so much for granted, while supplying oh so little research.Bald statements may be enough for the historian, Professor Shorter, or even a lay person jury in a civil trial, but serious readers have a right to expext more...don't we? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Mental Disorders    5. Mental Illness    6. Neuropsychopharmacology    7. Psychiatry    8. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    9. Psychology    10. Psychopharmacology    11. Psychotropic drugs    12. 20th century    13. History of specific subjects    14. Pharmacology    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / History   

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Drugs    3. Education Of Students With Learning Disabilities    4. Medical    5. Pediatric Pharmacology    6. Pediatrics    7. Pharmacology    8. Pharmacy    9. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    10. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    11. Psychology    12. School nursing    13. Special Education - Learning Disabled    14. Medicine    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Choice (Psychology)    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Compulsive behavior    4. Congresses    5. Economic aspects    6. Mental Health    7. Psychiatry - General    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - Addiction    10. Self-Help    11. Social aspects    12. Substance Abuse & Addictions - General    13. Substance abuse    14. Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)    15. Drug addiction & substance abuse    16. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology