Prozac as a Way of Life (Studies in Social Medicine)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: September 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780807855515
Subjects: Medical ethics; Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology; Medical; Essays; Social aspects; Medical / Nursing; Psychiatry - General; Personality change; Ethics; Medical / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology; Medical-Essays; Medical-Ethics; Psychology & Psychiatry / Personality; self-identity; self-enhancement; America's culture of self-transformation; Depression; Psychology; therapeutic use; Personality; Bioethical Issues; Fluoxetine
First sentence: When Peter Kramer coined the term "cosmetic psychopharmacology" in his 1993 book Listening to Prozac, he was referring to the way psychoactive drugs could be used not just to treat illnesses but to improve a person's psychic well-being.