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Eating Drugs

- Psychopharmaceutical Pluralism in India

part of the Biopolitics series

About Eating Drugs

A Hindu monk in Calcutta refuses to take his psychotropic medications. His psychiatrist explains that just as his body needs food, the drugs are nutrition for his starved mind. Does it matter how - or whether - patients understand their prescribed drugs? This book illuminates how biomedical, Ayurvedic, and homeopathic treatments are used in India.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780814724767
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 277
  • Published:
  • November 28, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 251x161x23 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 538 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 2, 2025

Description of Eating Drugs

A Hindu monk in Calcutta refuses to take his psychotropic medications. His psychiatrist explains that just as his body needs food, the drugs are nutrition for his starved mind. Does it matter how - or whether - patients understand their prescribed drugs? This book illuminates how biomedical, Ayurvedic, and homeopathic treatments are used in India.

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