Happy Pills

Author : David Herzberg
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421400995
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happy Pills in America written by David Herzberg and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 antidepressants? And how has their widespread use affected American culture? David Herzberg addresses these questions by tracing the rise of psychiatric medicines, from Miltown in the 1950s to Valium in the 1970s to Prozac in the 1990s. The result is more than a story of doctors and patients. From bare-knuckled marketing campaigns to political activism by feminists and antidrug warriors, the fate of psychopharmacology has been intimately wrapped up in the broader currents of modern American history. Beginning with the emergence of a medical marketplace for psychoactive drugs in the postwar consumer culture, Herzberg traces how “happy pills” became embroiled in Cold War gender battles and the explosive politics of the “war against drugs”—and how feminists brought the two issues together in a dramatic campaign against Valium addiction in the 1970s. A final look at antidepressants shows that even the Prozac phenomenon owed as much to commerce and culture as to scientific wizardry. With a barrage of “ask your doctor about” advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II.

Author : Mark Walker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118357310
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happy-People-Pills For All written by Mark Walker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing. Presents the first detailed exploration of the enhancement of happiness A controversial yet rigorous argument that demonstrates the moral imperative for the development and mass distribution of ‘happy-pills’, to promote the wellbeing of the individual and society Brings together the philosophy, psychology and biology of happiness Maps the development of the next generation of positive mood pharmacology Offers a corrective to contemporary accounts of happiness

Author : Todd M. Clements, M.d.
Publisher : Booksurge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781439269213
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happy Pills written by Todd M. Clements, M.d. and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-03 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever find yourself feeling down or depressed and wondering what to do about it? If so... then this book is your answer.Happy Pills is not just a book you read, but the book you live!

Author : Anders Hansen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510722998
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Happy Pill written by Anders Hansen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a foolproof way to reduce stress and anxiety while you boost your memory? Raise your IQ even as you slow down the aging process? Become more creative and train your ability to focus at the same time? The answer is simple: Move! Modern neuroscience and research has shown, more than ever, that physical exercise has extraordinary effects on our cognition. Physical activity, more so than Sudoku or crossword puzzles, optimizes our mental abilities and health in a way unparalleled by any drug, medication, or food supplement. And exercise doesn’t just enhance your health, energy and mood levels, and cognitive abilities. You will also learn: Why physical training is the best protection against dementia What type of exercise can be used to treat depression as an antidepressant How exercise increases the ability to focus in children, especially kids with ADHD How children with good fitness can become better in math and reading comprehension Why “runner’s high,” the natural chemicals released during jogging, improves your health and mood With practical and concrete advice for the layman on how to reap these benefits, as well as neuroscientific research from the last five years broken down to accessible findings, The Real Happy Pill urges you to train your body and mind for a whole-body upgrade, and start to move!

Author : Jerry Stahl
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062288040
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happy Mutant Baby Pills written by Jerry Stahl and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lloyd has a particular set of skills. He writes the small print for prescription drugs, marital aids, and incontinence products. The clients present him with a list of possible side effects. His job is "to recite and minimize"—sometimes by just saying them really fast and other times by finding the language that can render them acceptable. The results are ingenious. The methods diabolical. Lloyd has a habit, too. He cops smack during coffee breaks at his new job writing copy for Christian Swingles, an online dating service for the faithful. He finds a precarious balance between hackwork and heroin until he encounters Nora, a mysterious and troubled young woman, a Sylvia Plath with tattoos and implants, who asks for his help. Lloyd falls swiftly in love, but Nora bestows her affections at a cost. Before Lloyd clears his head from the fog of romance, he finds himself complicit in Nora's grand scheme to horrify the world and exact revenge on those who poison the populace in order to sell them the cure.

Author : Philip Nitschke
Publisher : Exit International US Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0978878809
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Peaceful Pill Handbook written by Philip Nitschke and published by Exit International US Ltd. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Craig Beck
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781291037333
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swallow the Happy Pill written by Craig Beck and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I just want to be happy," a simple goal expressed as though it were the very least we could expect of life. To fail to achieve this perfect state would somehow leave us feeling short changed or cheated by the life experience. Some phrase it differently, and many attach requirements or specifics to the statement by pre-deciding how happiness must be packaged. Nonetheless it sounds so reasonable an expectation of our time on earth and yet for some reason so many people spend their whole lifetime not only looking in vain for the location of this utopian dream, but also failing to even find the starting point. A small and rapidly increasing number of people are awakening during their lifetime to realize the futility of their beliefs about what they think they 'need' to discover true peace and happiness on earth. You are one of the enlightened few that are ready to 'Swallow The Happy Pill'.

Author : Jaygo Journals
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781675499702
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Be Nice I'm in Charge of the Happy Pills written by Jaygo Journals and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This blank paperback notebook is perfect for a pharmacist, pharmacy technician or CPhT. It can be used to take notes about patient prescriptions, write lists of medications to be ordered, or write compounding instructions. Or, it can be used as a general journal to record ideas, thoughts or lists. It is a great pharmacist or pharm tech appreciation gift.

Author : Joshua Lyon
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401394493
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pill Head written by Joshua Lyon and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling, honest book investigates the growing epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse among today's Generation Rx. Through gripping profiles and heartbreaking confessions, this memoir dares to uncover the reality -- the addiction, the withdrawal, and the recovery -- of this newest generation of pill poppers. Joshua Lyon was no stranger to substance abuse. By the time he was seventeen, he had already found sanctuary in pot, cocaine, Ecstasy, and mushrooms -- just to name a few. Ten years later, on assignment for Jane magazine, he found himself with a two-inch-thick bottle of Vicodin in his hands and only one decision to make: dispose of the bottle or give in to his curiosity. He chose the latter. In a matter of weeks he'd found his perfect drug. In the early half of this decade, purchasing painkillers without a doctor was as easy as going online and checking the spam filter in your inbox. The accessibility of these drugs -- paired with a false perception of their safety -- contributed to their epidemic-like spread throughout America's twenty-something youth, a group dubbed Generation Rx. Pill Head is Joshua Lyon's harrowing and bold account of this generation, and it's also a memoir about his own struggle to recover from his addiction to painkillers. The story of so many who have shared this experience--from discovery to addiction to rehabilitation -- Pill Head follows the lives of several young people much like Joshua and dares to blow open the cultural phenomena of America's newest pill-popping generation. Marrying the journalist's eye with the addict's mind, Joshua takes readers through the shocking and often painful profiles of recreational users and suffering addicts as they fight to recover. Pill Head is not only a memoir of descent, but of endurance and of determination. Ultimately, it is a story of encouragement for anyone who is wrestling to overcome addiction, and anyone who is looking for the strength to heal.

Author : Dan J. Stein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107402959
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Psychopharmacology written by Dan J. Stein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychotropic agents have been effective for the treatment of the emotional, and cognitive symptoms of serious psychiatric disorders. At the same time, the availability of such agents raises questions about the appropriate use of what might be termed 'smart pills', 'happy pills', or 'pep pills'. This volume argues that developments in modern psychopharmacology raise a range of important philosophical questions, and may ultimately change the way we think about ourselves. It provides a framework for addressing important philosophical issues in psychiatry and psychopharmacology. The approach is a naturalistic one, drawing on theory and data from modern cognitive-affective neuroscience and attempts to address objective and subjective aspects of psychiatric disorders, to integrate our knowledge of mechanisms and meanings, and to provide a balanced view of the good and the bad of psychotropics.