{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-edward-shorter-9780197574430","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology","description":"Th\u003cem\u003ee \u003c\/em\u003eAge 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 offerings impoverished and its diagnoses distorted by the \"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.\" The new drugs, such as Prozac, have been less effective than the old. The new diagnoses, such as \"major depression,\" have strayed increasingly from the real disorders of most patients. Behind this disaster has been the invasion of the field by the pharmaceutical industry. This invasion has paid off commercially but not scientifically: There have been no new classes of psychiatry drugs in the last thirty years. Given that psychiatry's diagnoses and therapeutics have largely failed, the field has greatly declined from earlier days. Based on extensive research discovered in litigation, Shorter provides a historical perspective of change and decline over time, concluding that the story of the psychopharmacology is a story of a public health disaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Shorter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197574432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197574430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022","brand":"Edward Shorter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045526073599,"sku":"9780197574430","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f0dad2f-4a58-434b-82e1-fc3cee1fd5c3.jpg?v=1684979279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-edward-shorter-9780197574430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}