false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178377246m/789698.jpg 789698 6 Psychiatrist Peter Kramer's book <I>Listening to Prozac</I> created a sensation when it was released in 1993, and it remains the most fascinating look at the new generation of antidepressants. Kramer found that the changes in brain chemistry brought about by Prozac had a wide variety of effects, often giving users greater feelings of self-worth and confidence, less sensitivity to social rejection, and even a greater willingness to take risks. He cites cases of mildly depressed patients who took the drug and not only felt better but underwent remarkable personality transformations--which he (along with many of the book's readers) found disconcerting, leading him to question whether the medicated or unmedicated version was the person's "real" self. Kramer has been criticized for seeming to advocate Prozac over psychotherapy or as a way of achieving personality changes not directly related to the disease of depression, such as improving one's social confidence or job performance. In fact, he makes no such recommendations; he was simply the first popular writer to suggest that these changes might occur. (He answers those critics in the afterword to this 1997 edition.) For anyone considering taking antidepressants or wanting a better understanding of the effects these drugs are having on our society, <i>Listening to Prozac</i> is a very important book. 775685 book 1993 Listening to Prozac: The Landmark Book About Antidepressants and the Remaking of the Self, Revised Edition total:179|5:24|4:58|3:70|2:24|1:3| 179 613 300 22 789698 0140266712 9780140266719 139 16 3.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178377246m/789698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/789698.Listening_to_Prozac_The_Landmark_Book_About_Antidepressants_and_the_Remaking_of_the_Self 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Apr 21 22:57:54 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 23:06:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 789698 0140266712 9780140266719 139 16 3.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178377246m/789698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/789698.Listening_to_Prozac_The_Landmark_Book_About_Antidepressants_and_the_Remaking_of_the_Self 5 0 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Feb 22 11:35:51 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 11:35:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 789698 0140266712 9780140266719 139 16 3.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178377246m/789698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/789698.Listening_to_Prozac_The_Landmark_Book_About_Antidepressants_and_the_Remaking_of_the_Self 2 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Jan 17 19:54:33 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 19:56:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 789698 0140266712 9780140266719 139 16 3.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178377246m/789698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/789698.Listening_to_Prozac_The_Landmark_Book_About_Antidepressants_and_the_Remaking_of_the_Self 5 0 false Fri Oct 10 08:25:43 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 08:36:59 -0700 2008
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