Huffington Post has run a collection of advertisements for antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, from the late 1960s to this year, that I put together.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, I find: the ads still pathologize women, and they still invite us to interpret everyday life stress as a sign of mental illness.
(Image: Advertisement for Serax, JAMA 200:8 (1967), p. 206-7)
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a great publication that I’ve dipped into at times over the years, and I couldn’t be happier that they’re running an excerpt from Zoloft.
My article, “Prozac Campus: The Next Generation,” which is largely condensed from the second-to-last chapter of the book, is up at the Chronicle Review, with lively commenting so far. Check it out…
(Image: Christophe Vorlet for The Chronicle Review)
Katherine Sharpe is the author of Coming of Age on Zoloft, published by Harper Perennial in June, 2012. Read more about her here.
"Beautifully written...[Sharpe] wonderfully conveys the profound issues these drugs raise."—Dr. David Healy, author of Let Them Eat Prozac
"A fascinating look at how drugs and trends have shaped the identities of individuals and of a generation—provocative without being sensationalistic, skillfully written, and totally necessary."—Emily Gould, author of And the Heart Says Whatever
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