Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs

ISBN-13: 9780822330615 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 296 str.

Jonathan Metzl

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Providing a cultural history of treatments for depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses through a look at the professional and popular reception of three "wonder drugs"--Miltown, Valium, and Prozac--Metzl explains the surprising ways Freudian gender categories and popular gender roles have shaped understandings of these drugs. 37 illustrations.