The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

The author describes how she suffered psychotic episodes and hallucinations after taking a common anti-depressant drug prescribed by her doctor. She ballooned in weight and nearly took her own life, but 3 weeks after being taken off the drugs she had made a complete recovery. This is an investigation into the drug, with interviews and original research.

About the author

Katinka Blackford Newman is a journalist and Emmy-nominated documentary maker.

Summary

While going through a divorce, documentary filmmaker Katinka Blackford Newman took an antidepressant. She went into a four-day toxic psychosis with violent hallucinations, imagining she had killed her children, and in fact attacking herself with a knife. By publicising her story and making a film, Katinka made some startling discoveries...

Product details

• Authors: Katinka Blackford Newman, Blackford Newman Katinka, Katinka Newman, Katinka Blackford Newman
• Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781786061331
• ISBN: 978-1-78606-133-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 248 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; popular science, SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, Manufacturing industries, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs