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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ronald William Maris , David HealyPublisher: University of South Carolina Press Imprint: University of South Carolina Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.503kg ISBN: 9781611174601ISBN 10: 1611174600 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 30 January 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsDespite the dramatic increase in the number of Americans taking antidepressants since 1950, the suicide rate has actually increased. A highly experienced expert witness in drug litigation, Maris provides enormous insight into the medicalization of suicide, which he argues is partly driven by carefully guarded economic interests, not entirely as a cure for the suicidal population. Billions in profits have been made, while the suicide rate has increased. Can the social roots of suicide be cured by pills or are we being pillaged?-- Steven Stack, professor, Department of Criminology, Department of Psychiatry, Wayne State University Author InformationRonald William Maris is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of psychiatry, family medicine, and sociology at the University of South Carolina (USC), USA. He directed the USC Center for the Study of Suicide from 1985 to 2001, served as editor of the journal Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior from 1981 to 1996, is Past-President of the American Association of Suicidology, and has served as a consultant or expert witness in more than 250 clinical and legal cases since 1981. Maris has written or edited twenty books including Comprehensive Textbook of Suicidology, Risk Management with Suicidal Patients, Assessment and Prediction of Suicide, and Pathways to Suicide. David Healy is the author of twenty books, including The Antidepressant Era, The Creation of Psychopharmacology, The Psychopharmacologists, Let Them Eat Prozac, and his latest, Pharmageddon. He is Professor of Psychiatry at Bangor University in the United Kingdom and former secretary of the British Associaton for Psychopharmacology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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