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Author:

Slater, Lauren, author.

Title:

Blue dreams : the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds / Lauren Slater.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Psychotropic drugs--History.
Psychopharmacology.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
Substance abuse--Treatment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-387) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0316370649
9780316370646

OCLC:

(OCoLC)999378484

LCCN:

2017947288

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)