HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Imipramine, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Penicillin
13 Sep 2020
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Laborit discovers chemical lobotomy psychiatry penicillin . Saw that people were becoming more calm when taking this drug, and thought this would be beneficial for psychiatrists to use . End to massive institutions end to custodians end of psychoanalytic dominance end of therapeutic nihilism. The medical model gains dominance bc of the introduction of this drug into the psychiatric world better living thru chemistry . Explosion of curiosity in biology of mental illness in 1950s . Chemistry and science can be put together to make humans better . Miltown (a minor tranquilizer drug) extends beyond psych circles . Miltown was so popular, ppl started using it to get thru the day. Emotional problems like woman"s frigidity (not wanting to have sex), bride"s uncertainty, and wife"s infidelity. Keeping women in place those who wanted to keep the wartime jobs, education, singledom, etc Not just treating women"s symptoms (men used it too), but treating the symptoms of a middle-class american culture .
