Lecture: "Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs" by Jonathan Metzl (New York Academy of Medicine, 17 March 2004)
Lecture: "Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs" by Jonathan Metzl (New York Academy of Medicine, 17 March 2004) Forwarded to HISTNEUR-L from H-SCI-MED-TECH. --RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carsten Timmermann, H-SCI-MED-TECH" [smtedit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU] Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:18 am Subject: Lecture at NYAM on the History of "Pills for Everyday Worries" From: Chris Warren [cwarren@NYAM.ORG] As part of its 2003-2004 series of free public lectures, The New York Academy of Medicine's Section on Historical Medicine is hosting a three-part mini-series on the recent history of psychiatry in the United States. The second lecture in this mini-series will be given next week: Wednesday, March 17 Jonathan Metzl, MD, Ph.D.: "Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs" Lecture 6:00 PM, Reception 5:30 PM This talk will explore the gender history of psychotropic medications such as Miltown, Valium, and Prozac, the three best selling psychotropic wonder drugs of the latter half of the twentieth century. The talk will trace the notion of "pills for everyday worries" as depicted in many forums from 1950 to 2003, in order to explore the development of brand named psychotropic medications both as forms of treatment and also as symbols of cultural inquietude. In the process, the talk will look closely at the mother's little helpers, valleys of dolls, Prozac nations, and other gender inflected stereotypes of psychopharmaceuticals in American culture. This event is free and open to the public. For more information about NYAM programs in the history of medicine, write history@nyam.org or call Christian Warren at 212.822.7314. --- Founded in 1847, the New York Academy of Medicine is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the health of the public through research, education and advocacy, with a particular focus on disadvantaged urban populations. Please visit our website: www.nyam.org .