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US and UK contributors in anthropology, social and political science, psychiatry, and women's studies address the worldwide proliferation of psychopharmaceutical use. Unlike other studies on the topic, these essays consider the subjective experiences of those who take medications, as well as the economic and political forces that shape psychopharmaceutical consumption. Some specific topics examined include psychopharmaceuticals as a medium of exchange in post-conflict Indonesia, gender stereotypes in the diagnosis of depression, medication of homeless women in uptown Chicago, and ecologies of will, information, and power in junkies, addicts, and patients. The nine essays are from an October 2007 seminar at the School for Advanced Research. Jenkins is affiliated with the departments of anthropology and psychiatry at the University of California-San Diego. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
