Abstract: . . .  such as ‘Susan,’ a self described workaholic who becomes irritable around the time of her periods and once threw her wedding ring at her husband. Now the edges of her personality have been planed off a bit” (p. 53). By 1994, Prozac was the number two selling drug in the United States ( Wall Street Journal , March 31, 1994, p. B1). It would stand to reason that a great deal had changed in the politics of representation in the more than two and a half decades between the appearance of Jan and the appearance . . .
. . .  taking Prozac) Susan had given up psychotherapy in favor of school ... ‘I feel 1,000%’ she said in a handwritten note ‘ ... I actually like Mom & Dad now, and my marriage is five times better.’” “Prozac ... is much more than a fad,” Time Page 17 Selling Sanity Through Gender 95 explained in a suspiciously similar 1993 article, “The Personality Pill.” “It is a medical breakthrough that has brought relief to individuals such as ‘Susan,’ a self described workaholic who becomes irritable around the time . . .
. . .  actually like Mom & Dad now, and my marriage is five times better.’” “Prozac ... is much more than a fad,” Time Page 17 Selling Sanity Through Gender 95 explained in a suspiciously similar 1993 article, “The Personality Pill.” “It is a medical breakthrough that has brought relief to individuals such as ‘Susan,’ a self described workaholic who becomes irritable around the time of her periods and once threw her wedding ring at her husband. Now the edges of her personality have been planed off a bit” . . .
. . .  psychodynamics Page 1 Journal of Medical Humanities, Vol. 24, Nos. 1/2, Summer 2003 ( C 2003) Selling Sanity Through Gender: The Psychodynamics of Psychotropic Advertising Jonathan M. Metzl 1 , 2 This paper provides a brief visual history of the ways women patients, and specif- ically women patients whose marital status is identified in conjunction with their “illness,” . . .
. . .  presence of a wedding ring upon the hand of a symptom-free woman who is likely not sleeping alone subtly implies that unlike her long-suffering pre- decessors, the Prozac woman has taken her place in the social order. Here the ring 26 As opposed to the weaker, sinister side upo . . .
. . .  psychodynamics Page 1 Journal of Medical Humanities, Vol. 24, Nos. 1/2, Summer 2003 ( C 2003) Selling Sanity Through Gender: The Psychodynamics of Psychotropic Advertising Jonathan M. Metzl 1 , 2 This paper provides a brief visual history of the ways women patients, and specif- ically women patients whose marital status is identified in conjunction with their “illness,” have been . . .
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