Happy Pills in America: From Miltown to Prozac by David Herzberg

Happy Pills in America: From Miltown to Prozac

David Herzberg

279 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative medium-paced

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Valium. Paxil. Prozac. Prescribed by the millions each year, these medications have been hailed as wonder drugs and vilified as numbing and addictive crutches. Where did this "blockbuster drug" phenomenon come from? What factors led to the mass ac...

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