Before Prozac

Shorter, Edward.

Before Prozac the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry / [electronic resource] : Edward Shorter. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xvi, 304 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Before psychopharmacology -- The first drug set -- Power play -- Killer drugs! -- Death sentences -- "The plague of affective disorders" -- Losing ground -- What now?


Available electronically via the Internet.

9780195368741 (alk. paper) 0195368746 (alk. paper)


Affective disorders--Chemotherapy--History.--United States
Psychotropic drugs--History.--United States
Psychopharmacology--History.--United States
Serotonin uptake inhibitors--Therapeutic use--History.
Psychotropic drugs industry--History.--United States
Pharmaceutical policy--History.--United States

United States. Psychopharmacology Drug Approval Government Agencies History, 20th Century Mood Disorders Psychotropic Drugs

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