

People foolishly blame their so-called depression. telling only a small personal tale of oneĭetailed description of the circumstances that caused her dispair makesĬlear the causes were entirely events in her life, not biologicalĪbnormality such as the mythical, elusive "chemical imbalance" on which many In a 1995 Afterword published after the originalġ994 edition of the book, she says " Prozac Nation is, as far as I'mĬoncerned, a memoir with no particular thesis or point, nothing in itĬhampioning any cause. The author, Elizabeth Wurtzel, did not intend for her book to convince After reading every word ofĪll 368 pages of this book, I can tell you it did not.

Psychiatric drugs such as Prozac help people.

I read this book because a psychologist told me it would convince me Book Review: Prozac Nation, by Elizabeth Wurtzel Book Review
