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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 acceptance of tranquilizers and antidep...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Herzberg, David L. (David Lowell)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Psychotropic drugs > Social aspects > United States.
Psychotropic drugs > United States > History.
Consumer satisfaction.
Culture.
Psychotropic Drugs > history
Psychotropic Drugs > therapeutic use
Consumer Behavior
Culture
Drug Industry > trends
History, 20th Century
Psychotropes > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Psychotropes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Consommateurs > Satisfaction.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
culture note.
culture (concept)
Consumer satisfaction
Psychotropic drugs
Psychotropic drugs > Social aspects
Tranquilizer
Arzneimittelmissbrauch
Arzneimittelkonsum
Antidepressivum > USA > Geschichte.
Psychopharmakon > USA > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Arzneimittel > USA > Geschichte.
Arzneimittel > Auswirkung.
Tranquilizer.
psychopharmaka.
United States
USA
History
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