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020 _a1786061333
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100 _aNewman, K B
245 4 _aThe pill that steals lives: one woman's terrifying journey to discover the truth about antidepressants
260 _aLondon
_bJohn Blake
_c2016
520 _aWhile going through a divorce, documentary filmmaker Katinka Blackford Newman was prescribed an antidepressant, which precipitated a four-day episode of toxic psychosis. In this book she describes her year-long decline while taking this medication, resulting in her needed 24-hour care. A year later, once she was taken off all medication, she made a full recovery within weeks. She explores the question of whether there could be hundreds of people worldwide who kill themselves and others because of these drugs, and why so many people are taking them when experts say they are no more effective than placebo for people who are distressed rather than depressed.
690 _aPsychopharmacology
690 _aPsychotropic Drugs
_97615
690 _aDepression
690 _aSyndromes
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