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Drugs, Therapy, and Professional Power: Problems and Pills
By Ernest Keen
252 pages
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- Praeger Publishers
- Place of publication:
- Westport, CT
- Publication year:
- 1998
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Synopsis
The current practices of prescribing psychotropic drugs, according to Keen, are both inconsistent and irrational. Overprescription alone is epidemic, and is driven largely by popular demand and professional convenience. The fact that mental life is being affected with physical agents leads to theoretical complexities no simpler than the metaphysics of mind-body relationships. These deeper questions are being ignored, Keen asserts, in favor of pragmatic attitudes driven by convenience, cost, popular ...
The current practices of prescribing psychotropic drugs, according to Keen, are both inconsistent and irrational. Overprescription alone is epidemic, and is driven largely by popular demand and professional convenience. The fact that mental life is being affected with physical agents leads to theoretical complexities no simpler than the metaphysics of mind-body relationships. These deeper questions are being ignored, Keen asserts, in favor of pragmatic attitudes driven by convenience, cost, popular demands, insurance protocols, and theoretical preferences.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Copyright Acknowledgments v
- Contents ix
- Illustrations xi
- Preface xiii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvi
- Part I - Psychiatry's Struggle with Medication 1
- 1 - Lobotomy and Psychopharmacology: A Comparative Study 3
- 2 - The Early Years of Psychopharmacology, 1950-1980 23
- 3 - From Pharmacizing to Corporatizing Psychiatry: The 1980s and 1990s 51
- 4 - Deinstitutionalization: Science and Policy 73
- Conclusion 93
- Part II - Some Good Questions 95
- 5 - Are Pharmacology and Psychotherapy Compatible? 97
- Conclusion 110
- 6 - Is the Psychology of Pharmacotherapy the Active Ingredient? 113
- Title Page iii
- Copyright Acknowledgments v
- Contents ix
- Illustrations xi
- Preface xiii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvi
- Part I - Psychiatry's Struggle with Medication 1
- 1 - Lobotomy and Psychopharmacology: A Comparative Study 3
- 2 - The Early Years of Psychopharmacology, 1950-1980 23
- 3 - From Pharmacizing to Corporatizing Psychiatry: The 1980s and 1990s 51
- 4 - Deinstitutionalization: Science and Policy 73
- Conclusion 93
- Part II - Some Good Questions 95
- 5 - Are Pharmacology and Psychotherapy Compatible? 97
- Conclusion 110
- 6 - Is the Psychology of Pharmacotherapy the Active Ingredient? 113
- 7 - Should Psychologists Prescribe? 135
- Part III - Power and Healing in the Postmodern World 151
- 8 - Psychiatric Power and Its Concealment 153
- Conclusion 164
- 9 - Cultural Dilemmas 167
- 10 - Mental Healing in the Postmodern Age 185
- References 207
- Suggested Further Reading 221
- Index 225
- About the Author 229