Prozac: Questions and Answers for Patients, Family and Physicians (Mass Market Paperback)

by Ronald R. Fieve (Author)

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Product Description
Featured on the cover of Newseek and New York Magazine...debated on television and radio, written about in daily newspapers, Prozac has raised hopes and sparked controversies across the country. But how much do you really know about Prozac, the alleged "miracle drug" that doctors worldwide have employed to help alleviate crippling clinical depression in their patients?

The bestselling author of Moodswing, Dr. Ronald R. Fieve is one of the nation's foremost experts on Prozac and its uses. In a clear, concise and easy-to-use format, he provides detailed and authoritative answers to the most commonly asked questions about Prozac...giving essential information to help make informed decisions on this complex, often confusing, prescription, and offering interpretation of the effects of Prozac on personality as well as the dangers of prescribing Prozac to misdiagnosed patients.

About the Author
Internationally renowned psychiatrist Ronald R. Fieve, M.D., is one of the foremost experts in the clinical use of Prozac as well as the pioneer in the use of lithium for manic depression in America. A gradutate of Harvard Medical School, extensively trained in psychopharmacology as well as psychoanalysis, he served his residencies in internal medicine at New York Hospital and in psychiatry at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Fieve is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University, a chief of psychiatric research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the founder and president of the Foundation for Depression and Manic Depression in New York City. In addition to writing the bestselling Moodswing, he has also published Second Opinion on Lithium Therapy for Depression and Manic Depression and numerous articles in scientific journals. He maintains a private practice on the foundation premises at 7 East 67th Street, New York City.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: Avon (April 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380777185
• ISBN-13: 978-0380777181
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,257,798 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Practical Guide to Therapies for Depression, February 17, 2004

By	Jan Peczkis "Scholar and Thinker" (Chicago IL, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This book answers every imaginable question about Prozac. The author is also forthcoming about cases where Prozac has created strongly negative side effects, but makes the point that such instances are rare. He particularly makes it clear that the distinction between unipolar and bipolar depressive disorders is one of degree rather than kind. More broadly speaking, this book is an excellent primer on the nature of various depressive disorders. A lot of useful information is packed into this little book!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "An emotional life saver!", April 9, 2000

By	Marlene Shoemake (Shreveport, LA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is one in a million to me. It has really helped me to understand my depression. The book has a self-rating mood scale chart. I made copies so I can rate my moods over a periods of weeks/months to be able to self-evaluate my moods/depression. Through the course of time, I was able to see actual results. This book is very informative. If you or anyone you know is thinking of having your/their Dr. prescribe Prozac, I would strongly suggest buying this book. It is the "Everything you ever wanted to know about Prozac, but was afraid to ask" kind of book. It's not only just a book, it's a life saver!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dangerous dis/misinformation, May 23, 2003

By A Customer

I'm sorry I couldnt give this book a negative rating.What I think we have here is a book written by the manufacturers of prozac to encourage it's further use, misuse, & abuse. The "writer" makes global statements about how ALL psychiatrists so whole-heartedly believe in this drug. This is dangerously disingenuous and woefully misleading as other doctors have reported and overwhelmingly documented the major addictive properties and brain damage,like rebound, this drug, in point of certifiable fact, can cause. He's egregiously & horrifically in error in saying that the only opposition comes from the scientologists. He even contradicts himself when he talks about all the side effects and then goes on to say the drug is totally harmless. Not enough bad can be said about this book. Additionally,as dangerous a drug as prozac is documented as being, it is one of the drugs that has helped to establish that the FDA is no protector of us as they ignored all the reports that should have kept this drug off the market. Read this maybe only after you've read some factual, impartial,well-researched stuff, like anything from Dr. Peter Breggin.