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Coming of Age on Zoloft
Katherine Sharpe
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Description for Coming of Age on Zoloft
Paperback. Like many of her generation, the author grew up on antidepressants. In this book, she tells the story of the societal and scientific perfect storm that led to the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, or SSRIs explosion in the 1990s, delves into her own drug experience, and interviews dozens of her peers about their relationships to SSRIs. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Would I have been someone else without this drug? Was I helped by it? Can I survive without it? Like many of her generation, Katherine Sharpe grew up on antidepressants. A serious panic attack in her first semester at college led to a prescription to Zoloft, a drug she would rely upon for the next ten years. Her story is not remarkable - except for its staggering ubiquity. In 2005, antidepressants surpassed blood-pressure medication as the most frequently prescribed class of drugs in the United States. That year, ten percent of the US population took an antidepressant, a figure that ... Read more
Would I have been someone else without this drug? Was I helped by it? Can I survive without it? Like many of her generation, Katherine Sharpe grew up on antidepressants. A serious panic attack in her first semester at college led to a prescription to Zoloft, a drug she would rely upon for the next ten years. Her story is not remarkable - except for its staggering ubiquity. In 2005, antidepressants surpassed blood-pressure medication as the most frequently prescribed class of drugs in the United States. That year, ten percent of the US population took an antidepressant, a figure that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062059734
SKU
V9780062059734
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About Katherine Sharpe
KATHERINE SHARPE's writing has appeared in n+1, GOOD, and Washington Post Magazine, among many other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Reviews for Coming of Age on Zoloft
"Intuitive and investigative, personal and historical, narrative-rich and fact-packed...Part of what makes this book riveting is the way Sharpe sets her own story within the larger context of cultural, social, and psychiatric changes that moved depression (along with other mental illnesses) into the medical spotlight."
Elle "Sharpe is excellent at detailing the positives and negatives of these drugs ... ... Read more
Elle "Sharpe is excellent at detailing the positives and negatives of these drugs ... ... Read more