{"product_id":"blue-dreams-the-science-and-the-story-of-the-drugs-that-changed-our-minds-paperback","title":"Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs That Changed Our Minds - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Slater\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe explosive story of the discovery and development of psychiatric medications, as well as the science and the people behind their invention, told by a riveting writer and psychologist who shares her own experience with the highs and lows of psychiatric drugs.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although one in five Americans now takes at least one psychotropic drug, the fact remains that nearly seventy years after doctors first began prescribing them, not even their creators understand exactly how or why these drugs work -- or don't work -- on what ails our brains. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lauren Slater's revelatory account charts psychiatry's journey from its earliest drugs, Thorazine and lithium, up through Prozac and other major antidepressants of the present. Blue Dreams also chronicles experimental treatments involving Ecstasy, magic mushrooms, the most cutting-edge memory drugs, placebos, and even neural implants. In her thorough analysis of each treatment, Slater asks three fundamental questions: how was the drug born, how does it work (or fail to work), and what does it reveal about the ailments it is meant to treat? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fearlessly weaving her own intimate experiences into comprehensive and wide-ranging research, Slater narrates a personal history of psychiatry itself. In the process, her powerful and groundbreaking exploration casts modern psychiatry's ubiquitous wonder drugs in a new light, revealing their ability to heal us or hurt us, and proving an indispensable resource not only for those with a psychotropic prescription but for anyone who hopes to understand the limits of what we know about the human brain and the possibilities for future treatments.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Slater\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWelcome to My Country, Prozac Diary, Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOpening Skinner's Box\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. She has received numerous awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpening Skinner's Box\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for best science writing by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has been reprinted numerous times in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives on a farm in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45334021341286,"sku":"9780316370622","price":25.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/s_HXwG5-Ua9780316370622.webp?v=1774475209","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/blue-dreams-the-science-and-the-story-of-the-drugs-that-changed-our-minds-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}