Looks at the uses and abuses of electroconvulsive therapy and drug therapy in the USA. The book details the success of talking therapy , and other psychosocial interventions in helping people diagnosed as schizophrenic, depressed, panic disordered, hyperactive, and learning disabled.

From Ativan to Zoloft, Effexor to Prozac, this book describes at the dangers of psychiatric medication, and offers guidance on how to safely stop taking them. It helps readers exert control over their own psychiatric treatment.

This work provides answers to over 100 questions about antidepressants. It details how these drugs work in the brain, how they treat (or don't treat) depression and obsessive-compulsive, panic, and other disorders; and the documented side and withdrawal effects.

A guide to Ritalin, the most-prescribed and controversial class of psychoactive medications prescribed for children. The author discusses how these drugs work in the brain, plus documented side- and withdrawal effects. It includes suggestions for non-prescriptive ways to treat ADD and ADHD.

Millions of children take Ritalin for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This text uncovers startling facts about the drug and translates the research findings for parents and doctors alike.