Better than Prozac

Description

Every day millions of people take psychiatric drugs. In Better Than Prozac Samuel Barondes considers the benefits and limitations of Prozac, Ritalin, Valium, Risperdal, and other widely used medications and the ways that superior ones are being created. In tracing the early history of these drugs Barondes describes the accidental observations that led to their discovery and their great impact on our view of mental illness. He goes on to show how their unexpected therapeutic effects were attributed to their influence on neurotransmitters thatcarry signals in the brain and how this guided their improvement. But Barondes reminds us that, like the originals, current psychiatric drugs don't always work, and often have negative side effects. Furthermore, none were crafted as remedies for known brain abnormalities...

First Sentence

Every morning, after breakfast, Clara takes a psychiatric drug.

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Other Editions

• Better than Prozac: Creating the next generation of psychiatric drugsOxford University Press2003-06-16
• Better than ProzacOxford University Press2005-01-14
• Better than ProzaceBookOxford University Press2007-01-01