It is estimated that 45 to 50 percent of all Americans will suffer a mental disorder at some time during their lives. Increasingly the treatment for these disorders is management with one or more psychiatric drugs, often prescribed by general practitioners. In Pillaged, Ronald William Maris evaluates the psychiatric medications commonly used to treat several major types of psychiatric disorders-including depression and mood disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders-asking "do they work as advertised?" and, more importantly "are they safe?" Answers to these...

It is estimated that 45 to 50 percent of all Americans will suffer a mental disorder at some time during their lives. Increasingly the treatment for these disorders is management with one or more psychiatric drugs, often prescribed by general practitioners. In Pillaged, Ronald William Maris evaluates the psychiatric medications commonly used to treat several major types of psychiatric disorders-including depression and mood disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders-asking "do they work as advertised?" and, more importantly "are they safe?" Answers to these...