Is it me or my meds? : living with antidepressants / David A. Karp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karp, David Allen, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antidepressants--Anecdotes.

Antidepressants.

Depressed persons--Anecdotes.

Depressed persons.

Depression, Mental--Chemotherapy--Anecdotes.

Depression, Mental.

Physical Description:

293 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, David Karp explores the relationship between pills and personhood by listening to a group of experts who rarely get the chance to speak on the matter--those who are taking the medications. Through their honest and vivid stories, this book provides unflinching portraits of people attempting to make sense of a process far more complex and mysterious than doctors or pharmaceutical companies generally admit.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue: Doxepin Diary

Chapter 1. Giving Voice

Chapter 2. Unwelcome Careers

Chapter 3. Married to Medication

Chapter 4. Searching for Authenticity

Chapter 5. Significant Others

Chapter 6. Teens Talk

Chapter 7. High on Drugs

Epilogue: Lessons from the Inside

Appendix A. Getting Stories Straight

Appendix B. Commonly Prescribed Drugs for Anxiety and Depression

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

PromptCat.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.

ISBN:

0-674-26496-7

0-674-03933-5

OCLC:

1032679833