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Prozac Nation Young and Depressed in America

Elizabeth Wurtzel

A memoir of sex, drugs, and depression indicts an overmedicated America as it chronicles the fortunes of a Harvard-educated child of divorce who lived in the fast lane as a music critic, always fighting her chronic depression. Tour.

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The Tucker Carlson Show

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The Tucker Carlson Show

Laura mentioned the memoir as an early reference to the SSRI era, illustrating how the 'chemical imbalance' narrative was popularized.

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the first person I knew started taking an SSRI, Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurzel.

— Episode: Laura Delano: The Dark Truth About Antid...

Episode: Laura Delano: The Dark Truth About Antidepressants...

Laura mentioned the memoir as an early reference to the SSRI era, illustrating how the 'chemical imbalance' narrative was popularized.

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the first person I knew started taking an SSRI, Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurzel.

Today, Explained

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Today, Explained

This book, written by Elizabeth Wurtzel about being a young person prescribed SSRIs, was noted for hitting shelves about 31 years prior to the recording.

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All right, let's go back in time. About 31 years, a book called Prozac Nation hits shelves, written by Elizabeth Wurtzel. It's about being a young person who's prescribed SSRIs.

— Episode: How antidepressants got political

Episode: How antidepressants got political

This book, written by Elizabeth Wurtzel about being a young person prescribed SSRIs, was noted for hitting shelves about 31 years prior to the recording.

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All right, let's go back in time. About 31 years, a book called Prozac Nation hits shelves, written by Elizabeth Wurtzel. It's about being a young person who's prescribed SSRIs.

I believe that at that time, you know, when Elizabeth Wurzel was writing Prozac Nation, there was a concern that they were going to be sort of like the opiate of the masses and people were just going to numb themselves.

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