Blue dreams, the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds, Lauren Slater
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Blue dreams, the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds, Lauren Slater
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-387) and index
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Blue dreams
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Lauren Slater
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the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds
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
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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
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