# Comfortably Numb

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- Book: [Comfortably Numb](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-barber/comfortably-numb) ([Comfortably Numb.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-barber/comfortably-numb.md))
- Authors: [Charles Barber](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-barber)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0727-495-3
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2009-02-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

American doctors dispense approximately 230 million antidepressant prescriptions every year, more than any other class of medication. Charles Barber explores this disturbing phenomenon, examining the ways...