Blue dreams the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds
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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.
