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Book Description: Viking Books, 1993. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 11th Printing. New in new dust jacket. HB: very slight wear 409 p.; index, notes. Bookseller Inventory # Alibris.0014751

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Book Description: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1993. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Over 5 million Americans have taken the antidepressant Prozac. Many have become more confident, popular, mentally nimble, & emotionally resilient. The author looks at evidence from a variety of disciplines cellular biology, animal ethology, medical ethics, literature, & at his own patients stories to explore the implication of drugs that reshape temperament. A major contribution to late 20th century psychiatry & an extraordinarily eloquent, provocative, & moving tale about ourselves. A fascinating & beautifully written overview of the biology & psychology of mood-state. A richly philosophical meditation upon the basic nature of human nature. Bookseller Inventory # 003128

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Book Description: Viking Adult, 1993. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New. Bookseller Inventory # 010727

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Book Description: Viking Adult, 1993. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Bookseller Inventory # F15

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Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1993. Soft cover. Book Condition: New. From Kirkus Reviews A provocative volume that sets up the mood-altering Prozac as a tool to examine the growing--and often troubling--use of drugs in the treatment of psychological illness. Brown University professor Kramer (Moments of Engagement, 1989--not reviewed) is a practicing psychiatrist who uses traditional techniques of therapy but also prescribes Prozac and other psychopharmaceuticals for his patients when they seem appropriate. Thanks to exposure on TV talk shows, Prozac is associated in many people's minds with suicide and violence, but only in the last chapter here--an appendix, really--does the author argue directly against these charges. What he explores instead are the far-reaching implications of the generally positive changes in temperament triggered by Prozac and other drugs prescribed to relieve anxiety and depression, and what these medications have taught us about how character and temperament are shaped. Prozac relieves mild depression, for instance, by elevating levels of serotonin in the brain. Knowledge of that fact opens the door to further investigation of chemical pathways in the brain, individual variations in levels of serotonin and other neurotransmitters, and perhaps even to early diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders. But, as Kramer points out, it also opens the possibility of altering brain chemistry to order, perhaps transforming a shy, sensitive individual into a sociable, assertive personality--the kind that present society most values. Acquisition of such a temperament, in fact, is the effect that Prozac has on many of Kramer's patients. But what has been lost when sensitivity is replaced by assertiveness? What is the ``real'' personality? Such thoughtful questioning is supported throughout by case histories and meaty reports on recent research. Some of the material suggests that if Freud was wrong about the content of childhood trauma (the Oedipal attachments), he was not wrong about its far-reaching effects. A wise and unflinching examination of the ramifications for society--and for the individual--when the capsule replaces the couch. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. Ingram A look at Prozac and other mood-altering drugs examines the implications of chemical modification of intelligence and personality and what the personality-altering effects of the drug tell us about the nature of character. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. Tour. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-927360278

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Book Description: Viking Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1993. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 409 pages. Ingram: A look at Prozac and other mood-altering drugs examines the implications of chemical modification of intelligence and personality and what the personality-altering effects of the drug tell us about the nature of character. 30, 000 first printing. $30, 000 ad/promo. Tour. Bookseller Inventory # 0004208

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Book Description: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1993. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 409 pages. PON on fep. Bookseller Inventory # 31350

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