Happy Pills in America : From Miltown to Prozac Paperback (From Miltown to Prozac)

Author
Herzberg, David
Publisher
Johns Hopkins
Published
20081119
ISBN
9780801890307
ISBN registration area
English-language area (ISBN 978-0)

Description

Valium. Paxil. Prozac. Prescribed by the millions each year, these medications have been hailed as wonder drugs and vilified as numbing and addictive crutches. This title traces the rise of psychiatric medicines, from Miltown in the 1950s to Valium in the 1970s to Prozac in the 1990s.