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Bibliographic Information
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Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds
First Back Bay paperback edition.
- Author
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Slater, Lauren.
- Publisher:
- Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company,
- Pub date:
- 2019.
- Pages:
- xvii, 397 pages :
- ISBN:
- 9780316370622
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Item info:
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1 copy available in
Adult nonfiction shelves.
1 copy total in all locations.
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615.788 SLA
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Trade Paperback (larger paperback)
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Adult nonfiction shelves
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Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds
First Back Bay paperback edition.
Slater, Lauren.
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Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds
First Back Bay paperback edition.
Slater, Lauren.
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Personal Author:
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Slater, Lauren.
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Title:
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Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds / Lauren Slater.
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Edition:
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First Back Bay paperback edition.
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Physical description:
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xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Contents:
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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.
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Summary:
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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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Subject term:
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Psychotropic drugs--History.
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Subject term:
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Psychopharmacology.
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Subject term:
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Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
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Subject term:
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Substance abuse--Treatment.