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  • Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology
    Edward Shorter
    The Age of Psychopharmacology began with a brilliant rise in the 1950s, when for the first time science entered the study of drugs that affect the brain and mind. But, esteemed historian Edward Shorter argues that there has been a recent fall, as the field has seen its drug offeringsimpoverished and its diagnoses distorted by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diso...
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    81,58 €

  • Madness of Fear
    Edward Shorter / Max Fink
    What are the real disease entities in psychiatry? This is a question that has bedeviled the study of the mind for more than a century yet it is low on the research agenda of psychiatry. Basic science issues such as neuroimaging, neurochemistry, and genetics carry the day instead. There is nothing wrong with basic science research, but before studying the role of brain circuits ...
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    86,52 €

  • Women’s Bodies
    Edward Shorter
    This book describes how women’s physical experience historically has affected the whole constellation of values that represents womanliness, and the constellation of power relationships that binds men and women together. It explores the role of herbs and of mechanical procedures for abortion. ...
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    267,24 €

  • Doctors and Their Patients
    Edward Shorter
     With every passing year, the mutual mistrust between doctor and patient widens, as doctors retreat into resentment and patients become increasingly disillusioned with the quality of care. Rich in anecdote as well as science ’Doctors and Their Patients’ describes how both have arrived at this sad shape. ...
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    267,72 €

  • What Psychiatry Left Out of the DSM-5
    Edward Shorter
    What Psychiatry Left Out of the DSM-5: Historical Mental Disorders Today covers the diagnoses that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) failed to include, along with diagnoses that should not have been included, but were. Psychiatry as a field is over two centuries old and over that time has gathered great wisdom about mental illnesses. Today, much of...
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    315,59 €

  • What Psychiatry Left Out of the DSM-5
    Edward Shorter
    What Psychiatry Left Out of the DSM-5: Historical Mental Disorders Today covers the diagnoses that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) failed to include, along with diagnoses that should not have been included, but were. Psychiatry as a field is over two centuries old and over that time has gathered great wisdom about mental illnesses. Today, much of...
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    95,11 €

  • Psychotic Depression
    Conrad M. Swartz / Conrad MSwartz / Edward Shorter
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    115,46 €

  • Endocrine Psychiatry
    Edward Shorter / Max Fink
    The riddle of melancholia has stumped generations of doctors. It is a serious depressive illness that often leads to suicide and premature death. The disease's link to biology has been intensively studied. Unlike almost any other psychiatric disorder, melancholia sufferers have abnormal endocrine functions. Tests capable of separating melancholia from other mood disorders w...
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    120,53 €

  • Before Prozac
    Edward Shorter
    In this volume, Shorter presents a revealing account of why psychiatry is ’losing ground’ in the struggle to treat depression. It focuses on an unexpected villain - the FDA, the very agency charged with ensuring drug safety and effectiveness. Shorter describes how the FDA permits companies to test new products only against placebo. ...
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    69,23 €

  • Psychotic Depression
    Conrad M. Swartz / Conrad MSwartz / Edward Shorter
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    175,58 €

  • From Paralysis to Fatigue
    Edward Shorter
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    24,73 €

  • Doctors and Their Patients
    Edward Shorter
     With every passing year, the mutual mistrust between doctor and patient widens, as doctors retreat into resentment and patients become increasingly disillusioned with the quality of care. Rich in anecdote as well as science ’Doctors and Their Patients’ describes how both have arrived at this sad shape. ...
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    87,99 €

  • Women’s Bodies
    Edward Shorter
    What has been the source of women’s oppression by men? Shorter argues that women were victimized by their own bodies ...
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    90,04 €