From Placebo to Panacea: Putting Psychiatric Drugs to the Test

Seymour Fisher (Editor), Roger P. Greenberg (Editor)

ISBN: 978-0-471-14848-7

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404 pages

October 1997

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Partial table of contents:

CONCEPTUAL ISSUES.

The Curse of the Placebo: Fanciful Pursuit of a Pure BiologicalTherapy (S. Fisher & R. Greenberg).

Treatment Implications of Psychiatric Comorbidity (M.Greenberg).

Costly Compromises: A Critique of the Diagnostic and StatisticalManual of Mental Disorders (R. Carson).

EFFICACIES OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS FOR ADULTS.

A Critique of the Use of Neuroleptic Drugs in Psychiatry (D.Cohen).

A Focused Empirical Analysis of Treatments for Panic and Anxiety(W. Danton & D. Antonuccio).

EFFICACIES OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS FOR CHILDREN.

Are We Justified in Treating Children with PsychoactiveDrugs?

(R. Fisher & S. Fisher).

Stimulant Pharmacotherapy for Attention- Deficit/HyperactivityDisorders: An Analysis of Progress, Problems, and Prospects (C.Whalen & B. Henker).

OVERVIEW.

What Are We to Conclude About Psychoactive Drugs?: Scanning theMajor Findings (S. Fisher & R. Greenberg).

Indexes.