Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds / Lauren Slater.
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Дополнительная Информация
- Издание
- First edition.
- Описание
- xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Библиография
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-387) and index.
- Содержание
- 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.
- Summary
- 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.
- Тема
- Psychotropic Drugs.
- Psychotropic drugs -- History.
- Psychopharmacology.
- Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
- Substance abuse -- Treatment.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology.
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
- MEDICAL -- Drug Guides.
- MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
- MEDICAL -- History.
- MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
- MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
- MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
- MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- Psychopharmacology.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Applied Psychology.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Assessment, Testing & Measurement.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology & Cognition.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Experimental Psychology.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- History.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements -- Psychoanalysis.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Bipolar Disorder.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Depression.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Personality Disorders.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Schizophrenia.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Child & Adolescent.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Counseling.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Research & Methodology.
- Жанр/Форма
- Psychotropic drugs
- Psychopharmacology
- ISBN
- 9780316370646 (hardcover)
- 0316370649 (hardcover)