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Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds

By Lauren Slater

Book information

Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Year
2018
ISBN
9780316370585, 0316370584, 9780316370639, 0316370630
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
524 kB (536557 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
400\0
Time added
2020-02-15 03:29:31
Psychotropic drugs -- History.;Psychopharmacology.

Description

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. Abstract: 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 Content: 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.

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