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Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds
Title:
Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds
Author:
Slater, Lauren, author.
Format:
Book
ISBN:
9780316370646
Subject Term:
Psychotropic drugs -- History.

Psychopharmacology.

Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.

Substance abuse -- Treatment.

MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology.

PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression.

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.

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 / Personality Disorders.

PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia.

PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent.

PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling.

PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology.
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.