Problematizing the neurochemical subject of anti-depressant treatment: The limits of biomedical responses to women's emotional distress

• Published in: Health (London, England : 1997) Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 57 - 74
• Main Authors: Fullagar, Simone, O'Brien, Wendy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE 01.01.2013; SAGE Publications
• Subjects: Affective Symptoms - drug therapy; Affective Symptoms - rehabilitation; Antidepressive Agents - adverse effects; Antidepressive Agents - pharmacology; Biomedicine; Biotechnology; Depression; Depression (Psychology); Depression - drug therapy; Depression - rehabilitation; Discourse; Embarrassment; Emotions; Empirical Research; Female; Females; Feminism; Humans; Knowledge; Nervous System - drug effects; Neuropsychology; Self Concept; Social conditions; Sociocultural Factors; Women; Women's health; Australia; emotion; depression; anti-depressants; discourse; women

In this article we situate empirical research into women's problematic experiences of anti-depressant medication within broader debates about pharmaceuticalization and the rise of the neurochemical self. We explore how women interpreted and problematized anti-depressant medication as it impeded...