Psychotropic Drugs and Popular Culture: Essays on Medicine, Mental Health and the Media

by Lawrence C. Rubin

Psychotropic drugs--those intended to change moods, numb anxiety, calm children--are pervasive in American culture. References are everywhere: not just in print and electronic advertisements but in television show dialogue, movies, song lyrics, and on advertising paraphernalia like notepads, wall clocks, mouse pads, coffee mugs, pens and pencils. The authors in this compilation of essays on psychotropic drugs and mass culture contend that society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078642513X
• ISBN13: 9780786425136
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher