CONTENTS Introduction: The Prozac Phenomenon PART I. The Dangers of Prozac-Type Antidepressants 1. The Awakened Giant's Wrath: Risking Brain Damage 2. Held Hostage: Withdrawal, Dependence, and Wearing Off 3. Not Tonight, Dear -- I'm on Prozac: Sexual Dysfunction 4. Bones Rattling Like Tuning Forks: Startling New Information on Suicide and Violence PART II. Balancing Medications with Alternative Approaches 5. Behind-the-Scenes Forces: Understanding the Prozac Phenomenon 6. Unraveling Depression: Stifled Anger and Sadness 7. Surmounting Anxiety: Training for Elevators, a Patient's Story 8. Conquering Addictions: Substance Abuse, Sexual Addictions, and Eating Disorders Epilogue: Effecting Personal Change Notes Index
Joseph Glenmullen,M.D., a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, is on the staff of Harvard University Health Services and is in private practice in Harvard Square. He is the author of Sexual Mysteries. A graduate of Brown University and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Glenmullen lives with his wife and three children in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and can be found on the web at: www.glenmullen.com
Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. Yale School of Medicine, author of How We Die and The Mysteries Within The much-needed corrective to the sensationalism of the false prophets of Prozac and the zealots of Zoloft...This is the book that sets the record straight. Janet Maslin The New York Times An important, deeply troubling examination of the means by which these drugs have become so widely disseminated, and the possible long-term toll they may take...As readable as it is alarming.
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