Anti-Depressant Fact Book: What Your Doctor Wont Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, And Luvox; Author: Breggin, Peter R.; Paperback

Author: Breggin, Peter R.
Paperback
240 pages
Published: September 2001
The Perseus Books Group
ISBN: 073820451X

Known as the Ralph Nader of psychiatry, Dr. Peter Breggin has been the medical expert in countless court cases involving the use or misuse of psychoactive medications. This unusual position has given him unprecedented access to private pharmaceutical research and correspondence files, information from which informs this straight-talking guide to the most prescribed and controversial category of American drugs: antidepressants. From how these drugs work in the brain to how they treat (or don't treat) depression and obsessive-compulsive, panic, and other disorders; from the documented side and withdrawal effects to what every parent needs to know about antidepressants and teenagers, The Anti-Depressant Fact Book is up-to-the minute and easy-to-access. Hard-hitting and enlighteninSubtitle: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox. This work provides answers to over 100 questions about antidepressants. It details how these drugs work in the brain, how they treat (or don't treat) depression and obsessive-compulsive, panic, and other disorders; and the documented side and withdrawal effects.