Is It Me or My Meds?: Living with Antidepressants
by David A. Karp
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In this book, David Karp explores the relationship between pills and personhood by listening to a group of experts who rarely get the chance to speak on the matter--those who are taking the medications. Through their honest and vivid stories, this book provides unflinching portraits of people attempting to make sense of a process far more complex and mysterious than doctors or pharmaceutical companies generally admit.Tags
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- Original publication date
- 2006
- Dedication
- To Darleen
My wife, my best friend, and my collaborator
in all the important things - First words
- In the summer of 2001 I undertook a personally important life experiment. (Prologue)
I have simple writing skills. - Quotations
- Many young people have found that, caught in an adult world that largely dictates the rules of their daily live, "being a teenager isn't an identity but a predicament most people live through." (Chap. 6, Teens Talk)
When people feel powerless, they construct social worlds where status, respect, and identity are governed by rules of their own making. Teenagers are no different. (Chap. 6, Teens Talk)
As I learned through my interviews, school can become a torturous place for teenagers who do not fit in. (Chap. 6, Teens Talk) - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)When asked the same question, a long-time patient thought for a moment and said with intensity, "You can overcome suffering."
- Publisher's editor
- Knoll, Elizabeth
- Blurbers
- Kleinman, Arthur
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Sociology, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 616.85 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Diseases, Allergies, Skin Conditions Nervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCD Miscellaneous
- LCC
- RC537 .K3665 — Medicine Internal medicine Internal medicine Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Psychiatry Psychopathology Neuroses
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
