Chemistry: IV. Chemistry & Psychological Human Brain

In June 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sparked a heated debate when it issued a warning to physicians concerning the possible increased risk of suicide in children and adolescents taking antidepressants. The authors in this anthology debate the safety and efficacy of antidepressants in both children and adults, exploring issues such as overprescription, the placebo effect and suicide.

Provides information about legal and illegal drugs, discussing the history of drug use, their role in popular culture, risk factors associated with doing drugs, gender differences in drug use and abuse, physiological effects, legal issues, treatment, and prevention.

You can never have too many vitamins, until they kill you. Eat meat, but avoid beef, chicken, turkey, and pork. Packaged foods are more efficiently preserved than they were 100 years ago--but should we actually eat the stuff? Consumers are besieged with conflicting messages about food and nutrition, making it difficult for the average customer to know what to believe. Is anything safe at McDonald's? Do carbohydrates cause obesity?