Treating the mentally ill

Stinnett, Kyla. (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0737724323 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780737724325 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0737724331 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780737724332 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
108 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: San Diego : Greenhaven Press, c2004.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-104) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Antidepressants help millions of people / Sally Satel -- Antidepressants may cause suicide and violent behavior in children and teenagers / Rob Waters -- Physicians are prescribing powerful psychotropic drugs for everyday unhappiness / Ronald W. Dworkin -- Medication and psychosocial treatment help many schizophrenic patients recover / National Institute of Mental Health -- Medication may hinder recovery from schizophrenia / Robert Whitaker -- Many children benefit from psychiatric medication / Vidya Bhushan Gupta -- Doctors are overprescribing psychiatric medication to children / Lawrence H. Diller -- Psychologists should be allowed to prescribe psychiatric drugs / Robert Sternberg -- Psychologists should not be licensed to prescribe psychiatric drugs / Stephen Barrett -- Talk therapy helps heal depression / Milton Hammerly -- Electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment / Max Fink -- Electroconvulsive therapy must be stopped / John Breeding -- Involuntary treatment of the mentally ill is sometimes necessary / Rich Lowry -- Involuntary treatment laws are dangerous / Douglas A. Smith -- People with mental illnesses should not be imprisoned / Human Rights Watch.