Objective To synthesise qualitative studies that explore prescribers' perceived barriers and
enablers to minimising potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) chronically prescribed …

Theoretical assumptions about how psychotropic drugs 'work'are rarely discussed explicitly.
In a 'disease-centred model,'drugs are believed to work by acting on a disease process. In …

How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

The data surveyed in this book suggest that psychiatric drug treatment is currently
administered on the basis of ahuge collective myth; the myth that psychiatric drugs act by …

This paper examines the impact of changes in the medical marketplace on medicalization in
US society. Using four cases (Viagra, Paxil, human growth hormone and in vitro fertilization) …

This textbook aims to provide students with a stimulating alternative to the textbooks
currently available by placing the discipline within the context of the social world and …

* Winner of an honorable mention from theSociety for Social Work and
ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book AwardMad Science argues that the fundamental …

Self-medication, as a form of self-care, is a common practice worldwide, and often involves
the use of both over-the-counter and prescription-only medicines, including antibiotics, anti …

When first published in 1999, Your Drug May Be Your Problem was ahead of its time. The
only book to provide an uncensored description of the dangers involved in taking every kind …

While much is known about the efficacy and safety of sexuopharmaceuticals used by men
for the treatment of erectile difficulties, there remains a dearth of knowledge on the …