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The Creation of Psychopharmacology by David Healy is a medicine available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Creation of Psychopharmacology about?
David Healy follows his widely praised study, The Antidepressant Era, with an even more ambitious and dramatic story: the discovery and development of antipsychotic medication. Healy argues that the discovery of chlorpromazine (more generally known as Thorazine) is as significant in the history of medicine as the discovery of penicillin, reminding readers of the worldwide prevalence of insanity within living memory. But Healy tells not of the triumph of science but of a stream of fruitful accide
Who reads The Creation of Psychopharmacology?
It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- David Healy
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674038455
- Category
- medicine
- Subjects
- Psychology, History, Nursing
- Rating
- 4.07 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14