Prozac nation
by Elizabeth Wurtzel · first published 1994
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2014–2018first – last mentioned
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xxxv, 338 pages ; 21 cm
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The question is a bit more complicated than just belittling someone's disorder. Wurtzel wrote Prozac Nation, which was nominally an account of her own depression and a broader reflection what personal struggles with depression look like in America. It was widely seen as revealing but unpleasantly self-indulgent…
on ““The Depressed Person” by David Foster Wallace (1998) [pdf]” ↗"Moving from induced mania to depression, it’s been twenty-four years since Prozac Nation was published; I never read it but practically everyone I know has been on a modern antidepressant Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) like Prozac at one point or another. Do antidepressants…
on “The Psychopharmacology of Everyday Life” ↗"We’re nearly 30 years into Prozac Nation. The pills are cheap and published research shows that they work well. Is everyone cheerful?" What a dumb argument, this makes me not want to read this book.
on “Book review: Bad Pharma” ↗