. I thought it would be a much more intellectual analyzation of ...everything, but it was really ...boring, and kept reiterating the same points over and over again. As the number of Miltown prescriptions soared (reaching 35 million, or nearly one per second, in 1957), advertisements featuring uncertain brides and unfaithful wives miraculously cured by the “new” psychiatric medicines filled popular magazines. . 0:07 [Read PDF] Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs Ebook Online. But the advertising department of Bayer isn't necessarily contemplating or even that conscientious of the psychopharmacology of antidepressants on worker productivity, nor would these white collar workers be direct benefactors of its use as a hyperthymic agent or stimulating/reinforcing sexist insecurities. . Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 2003, 275 pp., $24.95. To see what your friends thought of this book, The literary section I felt was poorly structured, and parts of his argument could definitely be tighter. . — John Reuland, Bridge, "[A] plea for a truce between those who deal with the mind and those who study the brain. . Metzl writes without nostalgia for the bygone days of Freudian psychoanalysis and without contempt for psychotropic drugs, which he himself regularly prescribes to his patients. — The Economist, "Prozac on the Couch is a creative, intelligent, and provocative challenge to the notion that biologic psychiatry has replaced psychoanalysis as the dominant therapeutic model in psychiatry. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. All Rights Reserved. ”Prozac on the Couch combines a bold thesis regarding the persistence of Freudian categories of sexual difference amid the paradigm shift in psychiatry, documentation spanning professional and popular discourses, and lively, clear prose.” — Mari Jo Buhle author of Feminism and Its Discontents: A Century of Struggle with Psychoanalysis, "Like its patients and practitioners, psychiatry does have its issues. It was in the 1950s, Metzl points out, that traditional psychoanalysis had the most sway over the American imagination. . . . [An] engrossing history of psychiatry over the past 50 years. . Providing a cultural history of treatments for depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses through a look at the professional and popular reception of three “wonder drugs”—Miltown, Valium, and … Metzl tells an interesting story of how psychoanalysts defined psychiatric problems, and thereby opened a space for pharmaceuticals." . Read Online Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs Full Book. 200-a–201. 905 W. Main St. Ste 18-B Interactions. Metrics. Jonathan M. Metzl’s profile on The Conversation. None. — Nicholas Weiss, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, "Jonathan Metzl's provocative book . A dangerous drug interaction could occur. What he urges is an increased self-awareness within the psychiatric community of the ways that Freudian ideas about gender are entangled in Prozac and each new generation of wonder drugs. Worthless. . In. . . By Jonathan Michel Metzl. April 20th 2005 Author Luvvie Ajayi Jones Wants You to Fight Your Fears. He's on to quite a bit that seems correct, but at times it seems either haphazardly structured or patched together as multiple intriguing arguments that are not clearly clarified throughout the book. Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs. . . [A]n intriguing and challenging work standing at the intersection of medicine, history, culture, and 'gender studies.' MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, and tranylcypromine. Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs: Metzl, Jonathan M.: Amazon.com.au: Books Providing a cultural history of treatments for depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses through a look at the professional and popular reception of three “wonder drugs”—Miltown, Valium, and … . — Surinder Sucha Nand, JAMA, "Prozac on the Couch has important things to say about the meaning of psychiatric practice. . Despite its title, I don ’t think this book was written with an audience of psychiatrists in mind. i suppose i'm more interested in a radical critique/perspective on said topics, this book did not offer that. It was in the 1950s, Metzl points out, that traditional psychoanalysis had the most sway over the American imagination. Metzl is a psychiatrist and has had his share of male patients insisting that the real cause of their problems is that their wife/girlfriend engages in behavior X, which means the wife/girlfriend has mental illness Y and if he just prescribes drug Z, she'll stop doing X and the patient's life will be fine, so this is not idle philosophizing. Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs, by Jonathan Michel Metzl. ." Jonathan Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the Director of … By locating psychiatric history within a cultural framework, Metzl provides the reader with surprising, compelling, and rather unnerving insights into the nature of the pharmaceutical industry. . by Duke University Press Books, Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs. Do not use Prozac if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. He encourages, too, an understanding of how ideas about psychotropic medications have suffused popular culture and profoundly altered the relationship between doctors and patients. The main flaw in this book is the heavy reliance on post-modernism/post-structuralist critique, but it is still worth it. i'm more interested in his other book on how schizophrenia became a black disease. Close Figure Viewer. Also, Metzl's argument about fluoxetine being used as a defense of the patriarchic nuclear/marital family is, I think, correct, but doesn't have to be. . One of the book’s merits is Metzl’s command of both the science of medicine, pharmacy, and biology, and the tools of cultural studies. and persuasively, with wit and elegance, deals it a devastating blow. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. ." In Prozac on the Couch, psychiatrist Jonathan Michel Metzl boldly challenges recent psychiatric history, showing that there’s a lot of Dr. Freud encapsulated in late-twentieth-century psychotropic medications. Prozac on the Couch traces the notion of “pills for everyday worries” from the 1950s to the early twenty-first century, through psychiatric and medical journals, popular magazine articles, pharmaceutical advertisements, and popular autobiographical "Prozac narratives.” Metzl shows how clinical and popular talk about these medications often reproduces all the cultural and social baggage associated with psychoanalytic paradigms—whether in a 1956 Cosmopolitan article about research into tranquilizers to “cure” frigid women; a 1970s American Journal of Psychiatry ad introducing Jan, a lesbian who “needs” Valium to find a man; or Peter Kramer’s description of how his patient “Mrs. . © 2019 Duke University Press. Figures; References; Cited by; Details; Cited By. In Prozac on the Couch, psychiatrist Jonathan Michel Metzl boldly challenges recent psychiatric history, showing that there’s a lot of Dr. Freud encapsulated in late-twentieth-century psychotropic medications. The book's focus is on psychotropic drugs in the "worried well", that is to say those who are not suffering from a severe mental illness, where this sort of analysis is relevant. Metzl’s written a smart and necessary book." . . Free 2-day shipping. Pills replaced the couch; neuroscience took the place of talk therapy; and as psychoanalysis faded from the scene, so did the castrating mothers and hysteric spinsters of Freudian theory. . — Martha L. Crowner, Psychiatric Services, "Interesting." Be the first to ask a question about Prozac on the Couch. There is also some interesting commentary on how psychiatry reacted to the feminist movement -- feminists were yet another population that could be helped with meds. . — Elizabeth Lunbeck, Isis, "This book's insights extend beyond the cultural history of psychotropics to the powerful, contradictory appeal of academic cultural studies today. Prozac on the Couch traces the notion of “pills for everyday worries” from the 1950s to the early twenty-first century, through psychiatric and medical journals, popular magazine articles, pharmaceutical advertisements, and popular autobiographical "Prozac narratives.”. The book helps us remain aware that the ways in which we identify illness and functional impairment and treat patients are influenced by patients' expectations and our own values, which are culture bound. . In Prozac on the Couch , psychiatrist Jonathan Michel Metzl boldly challenges recent… As the number of Miltown prescriptions soared (reaching 35 million, or nearly one per second, in 1957), advertisements … Sparkling insights abound in Prozac on the Couch. . . Free shipping for many products! Prozac on the Couch locates the origins of psychiatry's "biological revolution" not in the Valiumania of the 1970s but in American popular culture of the 1950s. — On Campus with Women, "Metzl’s book helps give clarity to a highly charged subject. I want to be fair here. Book Review of: Prozac on the couch: prescribing gender in the era of wonder drugs Jonathan Michel Metzl Durham (NC): Duke University Press; 2003 276 pp US$24.95 (paper) ISBN 0-8223-3061-X In short, Prozac on the Couch is a psychoanalytic interpretation of psychiatric prescribing, using (mostly) popular sources as data points. Effect as feeling `` better than well. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid linezolid! 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