Let them eat Prozac

the unhealthy relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and depression

by Healy, David MRC Psych.

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Published 2004 by New York University Press in New York .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Serotonin uptake inhibitors,
• Fluoxetine,
• Depression, Mental -- Chemotherapy,
• Psychotropic drugs industry

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-340) and index.

Other titles	Unhealthy relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and depression
Statement	David Healy.
Series	Medicine, culture, and history
Classifications
LC Classifications	RM332 .H423 2004
The Physical Object
Pagination	xvi, 351 p. ;
Number of Pages	351
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL15559248M
ISBN 10	0814736696
LC Control Number	2004002297
OCLC/WorldCa	54408243

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