Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds / Lauren Slater
By: Slater, Lauren [author].
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First edition.Description: xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316370646.Subject(s): Psychotropic drugs -- History | Psychopharmacology | Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience | Substance abuse -- Treatment | MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Pharmaceutical & BiotechnologyGenre/Form: Psychotropic drugs | Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RM315 .S53 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012386 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-387) and index
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
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