- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409086352
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 240
The Emperor's New Drugs
Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409086352
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 240
A beautifully written, profoundly important book that is sure to shake up the psychiatric establishment and pharmaceutical industry... This book is long overdue and I hope that people will pay attention. Kudos to Dr. Kirsch!
David D. Burns M.D., author of Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
A fascinating and disturbing book
Literary Review
A terrific account of how optimism, greed and scientific incompetence have misled us about the nature of depression and the drugs we throw at it
Druin Burch, author of Taking the Medicine
Irving Kirsch brilliantly documents a grim scandal of regulatory and clinical failures concerning antidepressants but also holds out hope
David Healy, author of Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression
Kirsch's account of the background and assumptions of the "chemical imbalance" theory of depression is helpfully clear, and his damning critique convincing. Similarly, his explanation of placebos and how they work allows the reader to get to grips with some fascinating possibilities
David Smail, Times Higher Education Supplement
Since it's publication The Emperor's New Drugs has helped to usher in sweeping changes in the way prescriptions are handled by those that practice ethically
Kaye Bewley, Human Givens Journal
Wide scope, smooth delivery, and mastery of the data
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