Treating the mentally ill /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Greenhaven Press,
[2004]
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| Series: | At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
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Table of Contents:
- Antidepressants help millions of people / Sally Satel
- Antidepressants may cause suicide and violent behavior in children and teenagers / Rob Waters
- Physicians are prescribing powerful psychotropic drugs for everyday unhappiness / Ronald W. Dworkin
- Medication and psychosocial treatment help many schizophrenic patients recover / National Institute of Mental Health
- Medication may hinder recovery from schizophrenia / Robert Whitaker
- Many children benefit from psychiatric medication / Vidya Bhushan Gupta
- Doctors are overprescribing psychiatric medication to children / Lawrence H. Diller
- Psychologists should be allowed to prescribe psychiatric drugs / Robert Sternberg
- Psychologists should not be licensed to prescribe psychiatric drugs / Stephen Barrett
- Talk therapy helps heal depression / Milton Hammerly
- Electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment / Max Fink
- Electroconvulsive therapy must be stopped / John Breeding
- Involuntary treatment of the mentally ill is sometimes necessary / Rich Lowry
- Involuntary treatment laws are dangerous / Douglas A. Smith
- People with mental illnesses should not be imprisoned / Human Rights Watch.