Why read Let Them Eat Prozac?

Book cover of Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression

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A psychiatrist provides an insider account on the controversial use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Prozac. Paxil. Zoloft. Turn on your television and you are likely to see a commercial for one of the many selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on the market. We hear a lot about them,…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Let Them Eat Prozac as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Brooke Siem

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Though this is technically an academic book, it is extremely readable and the best account of the manipulative marketing, hidden court cases, and corruption that occurred during the development of Prozac and Zoloft.

It’s one of those books where, if my mother or I had read it before I was medicated at 15, I’m quite sure we would not have made the same choices.

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