The age of anxiety : a history of America's turbulent affair with tranquilizers /

"Our reliance on anti-anxiety medication is a creation of the last half-century. When the first tranquilizer - Miltown - went on the market in 1955, pharmaceutical executives worried that there wouldn't be interest in stress relief in the form of a pill. At mid-century, talk therapy remain...

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Main Author: Tone, Andrea, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2009
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central