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Author:

Sharpe, Katherine.

Title:

Coming of age on Zoloft : how antidepressants cheered us up, let us down, and changed who we are / Katherine Sharpe.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperPerennial,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xxi, 314 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Sharpe, Katherine--Mental health.
Antidepressants--United States.
Depressed persons--Rehabilitation--United States.
Sertraline.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-314).

Contents:

The diagnosis -- A short history of medication -- Starting out -- Decade of the brain -- I've never been to me -- Two red chairs -- Flight of the dodo bird : evaluating therapy -- Quitting -- Converts -- The next generation -- Coming of age.

Summary:

"Sharpe blends deeply personal writing, thoughtful interviews, and historical context to achieve an unprecedented portrait of the antidepressant generation. She explores questions of identity that arise for people who start medication before they have an adult sense of self."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

0062059734 (pbk.)
9780062059734 (pbk.) :

LCCN:

bl2012019049

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

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

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

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)