Advice needed: the history of psychopharmacology

[LadySerenity]

Hello,

A friend of mine was asked to prepare a work on the history of psychopharmacology (she is college student).
Do you guys know any books covering this topic, from the ancient times and till our days, suitable for people with almost no background in biology/chemistry/medicine?

Thanks a lot!
Anna

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[Anasazi23]

Hi there...a couple resources to get you started. The second link is somebody's webpage. It's oversimplified and in some areas, sort of...wrong. But it's a start.

The first link is to our own SDN bookstore, with a relevant book.

1. SDN bookstore: The Creation of Psychopharmacology

2. A Brief History of Psychopharmacology

 

[Anasazi23]

Upon further review, the book in the above link is looking sort of biased and may not be of much help after all. Admittedly, I hadn't read it. I only did a quick search.

One of my favorite books (though it's only peripherally related):
Medieval Medicine in Illuminated Manuscripts


Then again, I'm a Medieval history dork.

 

[atsai3]

Hello,

A friend of mine was asked to prepare a work on the history of psychopharmacology (she is college student).
Do you guys know any books covering this topic, from the ancient times and till our days, suitable for people with almost no background in biology/chemistry/medicine?

Thanks a lot!
Anna

David Healy. Try The Antidepressant Era (for a history of antidepressants; and for a focused history of the SSRIs, Let Them Eat Prozac) and The Creation of Psychopharmacology (for a history of antipsychotics).

-AT.