Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-168) and indexes.

1. Introduction : psychotropics and women : setting the scene -- 2. New challenges : the medical and sociological discourses -- 3. Social scientific perspectives : the 'users' and the 'providers' -- 4. Making gender visible : seeing 'layers' in the social construction of psychotropic drug use -- 5. Advertising as a representation of gendered moods -- 6. Analysing long-term use : users' narratives -- 7. Gendered moods and the lay culture -- 8. Dependency and the health care system.

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