Robert Bennett is Professor of English at Montana State University, USA. His previous publications include Deconstructing Post-WWII New York City (2003) and, as co-editor, Deconstructing Brad Pitt (Bloomsbury, 2014).

Bennett is great … in showing how the pill has pervaded popular culture and popular thinking. He coins the genre title of “psychopharmacological thriller,” a mouthful but apt: the film or TV show about not just drugs, but also their making, distribution, and effects. Under this last head, he unleashes a brilliant set piece on Carrie Mathison (played so well by Claire Danes in Homeland.)

• Introduction: Pharmageddon1 Thorazine (C17H19ClN2S): The Psychopharmacological Revolution2 Valium (C16H13ClN2O): The Psychopharmacology of Everyday Life3 Lithium (Li2CO3): The Psychopharmacological Thriller4 Prozac (C17H18F3NO): Existential Quagmires5 Adderall ((C9H13N)2H2SO4 + (C9H13N)2H2SO4 + (C9H13N)2C6H10O8 + (C9H13N)C4H7NO4H2O): Psychopharmacology UnboundCoda: Waiting for Brad PittAcknowledgementsList of FiguresNotesIndex

Robert Bennett is Professor of English at Montana State University, USA. His previous publications include Deconstructing Post-WWII New York City (2003) and, as co-editor, Deconstructing Brad Pitt (Bloomsbury, 2014).

Bennett is great … in showing how the pill has pervaded popular culture and popular thinking. He coins the genre title of “psychopharmacological thriller,” a mouthful but apt: the film or TV show about not just drugs, but also their making, distribution, and effects. Under this last head, he unleashes a brilliant set piece on Carrie Mathison (played so well by Claire Danes in Homeland.)

• Introduction: Pharmageddon1 Thorazine (C17H19ClN2S): The Psychopharmacological Revolution2 Valium (C16H13ClN2O): The Psychopharmacology of Everyday Life3 Lithium (Li2CO3): The Psychopharmacological Thriller4 Prozac (C17H18F3NO): Existential Quagmires5 Adderall ((C9H13N)2H2SO4 + (C9H13N)2H2SO4 + (C9H13N)2C6H10O8 + (C9H13N)C4H7NO4H2O): Psychopharmacology UnboundCoda: Waiting for Brad PittAcknowledgementsList of FiguresNotesIndex

Robert Bennett is Professor of English at Montana State University, USA. His previous publications include Deconstructing Post-WWII New York City (2003) and, as co-editor, Deconstructing Brad Pitt (Bloomsbury, 2014).

Bennett is great … in showing how the pill has pervaded popular culture and popular thinking. He coins the genre title of “psychopharmacological thriller,” a mouthful but apt: the film or TV show about not just drugs, but also their making, distribution, and effects. Under this last head, he unleashes a brilliant set piece on Carrie Mathison (played so well by Claire Danes in Homeland.)

• Introduction: Pharmageddon1 Thorazine (C17H19ClN2S): The Psychopharmacological Revolution2 Valium (C16H13ClN2O): The Psychopharmacology of Everyday Life3 Lithium (Li2CO3): The Psychopharmacological Thriller4 Prozac (C17H18F3NO): Existential Quagmires5 Adderall ((C9H13N)2H2SO4 + (C9H13N)2H2SO4 + (C9H13N)2C6H10O8 + (C9H13N)C4H7NO4H2O): Psychopharmacology UnboundCoda: Waiting for Brad PittAcknowledgementsList of FiguresNotesIndex