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Author Slater, Lauren, author.

Title Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds / Lauren Slater.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  615.788 SLATER    DUE 05-20-24
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  615.78 SLATER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  615.788 SLA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  615.788 SLA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  615.788 SLATER    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  615.788 SLA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  615.788 SLATER    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  615.78 SLATER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  615.788 SL    DUE 05-07-24
Edition First edition.
Description xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-387) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Psychotropic Drugs. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011619
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.
Genre/Form Psychotropic drugs (OCoLC)fst01081826
Psychopharmacology (OCoLC)fst01081659
ISBN 9780316370646 (hardcover)
0316370649 (hardcover)
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