Standardizing Psychotropic Drugs and Drug Practices in the Twentieth Century: Paradox of Order and Disorder (2011)
Pieters, Toine (Author)
Snelders, Stephen (Author)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Volume: 42
Pages: 412--414
Edition Details: Introduction to a special section, “Standardizing Psychotropic Drugs and Drug Practices in the Twentieth Century”
Language: English
According to ongoing historical research, standardizing the production and consumption of psychotropic drugs is a process fraught with contradictions and inconsistencies. Both the construction and change of drug standards can be highly unsettling events and do not necessarily lead to more order. The balance between order and disorder appears to be rather fragile and paradoxically at all stages in the evolution of standards we see order--disorder transitions.
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Article Herzberg, David (2011) Blockbusters and Controlled Substances: Miltown, Quaalude, and Consumer Demand for Drugs in Postwar America. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 415).
Article Horwitz, Allan V. (2011) Naming the Problem That Has No Name: Creating Targets for Standardized Drugs. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 427).
Article Henckes, Nicolas (2011) Reshaping Chronicity: Neuroleptics and Changing Meanings of Therapy in French Psychiatry, 1950--1975. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 434).
Article Pieters, Toine; Majerus, Benoît (2011) The Introduction of Chlorpromazine in Belgium and the Netherlands (1951--1968); Tango between Old and New Treatment Features. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 443).
Article Balz, Viola; Hoheisel, Matthias (2011) East-Side Story: The Standardisation of Psychotropic Drugs at the Charité Psychiatric Clinic, 1955--1970. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 453).
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