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The bitterest pills : the troubling story of antipsychotic drugs / by Joanna Moncrieff.

By: Moncrieff, Joanna, 1966- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Description: 272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137277428 (hbk.) :; 9781137277435 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Antipsychotic drugs -- History | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 615.7'882'09 Summary: A challenging reappraisal of the history of antipsychotics, revealing how they were transformed from neurological poisons into magical cures, their benefits exaggerated and their toxic effects minimized or ignored.
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A challenging reappraisal of the history of antipsychotics, revealing how they were transformed from neurological poisons into magical cures, their benefits exaggerated and their toxic effects minimized or ignored.

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