Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent

by Grace Jackson, MD

"Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent is a critical appraisal of the medications which an estimated 20% of Americans consume on a regular (and sometimes involuntary) basis.

It is the philosophically, epidemiologically, and scientifically supported revelation of how and why psychiatry’s drug therapies have contributed to a standard of care which frequently does more to harm than to cure.

Extensively researched and documented, the book addresses:

• the process by which psychiatric drugs reach the market
• the history and philosophy of Evidence Based Medicine
• the common flaws in research methodologies which negate  the validity of the psychiatric RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial)
• the problem of allostatic load (how drugs stress the body)
• the history, long term effects, and utility of  the drugs used to suppress symptoms of depression, psychosis, inattention and hyperactivity
• the effectiveness of alternatives to medication

Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent exposes the current crisis in medical ethics and epistemology, and attempts to restore to psychiatry an authentically informed consent to care." (Description from Author House.)