Listening to Prozac

by Peter D. Kramer

Paper Book, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

XI 5828 K89

Collection

Publication

New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1993.

Description

Weaving together the perspectives of students, counsellors clients and supervisors, Crouch breaks away from traditional methods to present complex theories, difficult concepts and serious information using 'talk' as the main medium.

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Kramer is fascinated with the possibilities of better living through chemistry. Others have done a better job of delivering the cautions needed in dealing with psychiatric drugs, but none have done a better job of documenting the most intriguing research projects that contribute to our knowledge of
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brain chemistry. I found of particular interest the study which sought to create leadership in a monkey tribe. A male monkey fed serotonin and placed in a leaderless tribe would instantly become the leader. But the serotonin-enhanced monkey placed in a tribe that already had a leader just couldn't make it past first lieutenant. Kramer also posed a number of ethical questions, such as, Should a doctor prescribe Prozac to a patient who wants it to stop biting her fingernails or to be more suitable for a sales job if he wants to give up being a librarian? Where does the clinician's responsibility lie? Interesting stuff.
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Language

Original publication date

1993-06-08

Physical description

xix, 409 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

0670841838 / 9780670841837
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