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Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds / Lauren Slater.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slater, Lauren, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychotropic drugs--History.
- Psychotropic drugs.
- Psychopharmacology.
- Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
- Substance abuse--Treatment.
- Substance abuse.
- History.
- Psychology / Mental Health.
- Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis.
- Psychology / Neuropsychology.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Depression.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Personality Disorders.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Child & Adolescent.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Counseling.
- Psychology / Research & Methodology.
- MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology.
- PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology.
- Psychotropic Drugs.
- Medical Subjects:
- Psychotropic Drugs.
- Local Subjects:
- Psychology / Mental Health.
- Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis.
- Psychology / Neuropsychology.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Depression.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Personality Disorders.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Child & Adolescent.
- Psychology / Psychopathology / Counseling.
- Psychology / Research & Methodology.
- MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology.
- PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology.
- Genre:
- Psychotropic drugs.
- Psychopharmacology.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
- Summary:
- Explores the discovery, invention, science, and people behind today's major psychotropic drugs, from the earliest, Thorazine and Lithium, through Prozac and Ecstasy, to today's most cutting-edge memory drugs and neural implants.
- Contents:
- Thorazine: Awake!
- Lithium: a salted stone
- Early antidepressants: the three-ringed molecule and the psychic energizer
- SSRIs: the birth of Prozac
- Placebos: the dancing disease
- Psilocybin (magic mushrooms): God's flesh
- MDMA (Ecstasy): the marriage medicine
- PKMzeta/ZIP (memory drugs): the spotless mind
- Deep brain stimulation: Who holds the clicker?
- Epilogue: Where we're headed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-387) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780316370646
- 0316370649
- OCLC:
- 999378484
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