Fred Leavitt

The Real Drug Abusers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This eye-opening book richly documents disturbing trends in Western medicine and urges readers toward a broader understanding of drug use and abuse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9780742525184
• ISBN-10: 074252518X
• Artikelnr.: 21273474

Autorenporträt

Fred Leavitt is professor of psychology at California State University, Hayward.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: The Pharmaceutical / Medical Complex
Chapter 3 A Significant Portion of Medical Research Cannon Be Trusted
Chapter 4 Drug Companies Place Profits over Progress Chapter 5 Medical
Personnel Prescribe Incorrectly Too Often Chapter 6 Human Subjects Have
Often Been Treated Inhumanely Part 7 Drugs in Psychiatry Chapter 8 U.S.
Citizens Are Overmedicated with Psychiatric Drugs Chapter 9 There Are
Effective Alternatives to Psychiatric Drugs Part 10 The Wars on Drugs
Chapter 11 Widely Believed Misperceptions about Drug Addiction Do Great
Harm Chapter 12 Most Citizens Are Harmed Rather then Helped by the Drug
Wars Chapter 13 Many Drugs Are Dangerous Chapter 14 Extensive Marketing of
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine Causes Great Harm Chapter 15 Many
Individuals and Organizations Benefit from the Drug Wars Chapter 16 Popular
Programs for Combating Drug Abuse Are Unsuccessful, While Effective
Programs Are Underused Part 17 Appendix: A Brief Introduction to
Pharmacology Chapter 18 How Drugs Work Chapter 19 Classification of
Psychoactive Drugs Chapter 20 Variability Part 21 Epilogue