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Movie Review: A Beautiful Mind
I chose A Beautiful Mind for the movie review, I picked it because I had been told years ago that I should watch it and it was definitely a good choice. The film is about Mr. Nash who is diagnosed with Schizophrenia part-way through the film. It begins in 1947 when Mr. Nash is in school at …
Digitally Enhanced Essay Project
I chose to do my digitally enhanced essay covering women’s exposure to tranquilizer drugs in the 1950s-1970. Although both men and women took tranquilizers, I chose to focus only on women as the reasons for men and women taking them appeared to be quite different. Looking at the different ways women were exposed to the …
Problems with Pill Consumption in 1970
This article discusses former US Representative Paul G. Rogers desire to cut television ads containing the consumption of pills from TV advertisements. This is not specifically linked to prescription medications but this article demonstrates the ongoing problems with taking drugs in America during this period and links advertisements to the issue as well. Bibliography “Anti-Pill …
Youtube clip History of Benzodiazepines
I thought this little short video on YouTube was interesting from Psychiatrist Allen Frances M.D. who says he was at the beginning of his training during the period when Benzodiazepines first appear in the early 1960s. He discusses what some of the thoughts and beliefs were about the drug as well as what was discovered …
History of Benzodiazepines Article
This is an interesting article from Benzodiazepine Information Coalition about the history of Benzodiazepines. https://www.benzoinfo.com/a-brief-history-of-benzodiazepines/
Women and Anxiety in the 1970s
I found this ad for Valium from Roche Laboratories in Everywoman magazine while searching for sources related to my topic on the marketing of anxiety drugs to women in the 1950s-1970. I think it is interesting that one anxiety women might experience which the ad is pointing towards is marriage as a main avenue of …
Digital Project Proposal and Annotated Bibiliography
Ruth Curran History 471 September 21, 2023 Digital Research Project Proposal: Tranquilizer Marketing Strategies for Women 1950-1970 This digital research project will explore how tranquilizer drugs were marketed to women and why the marketing strategies were effectively reaching their female clientele from the early 1950s to 1970. This project will provide insight into women’s lives …
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Anxiety in Women in the 1950s
I chose this image from memebase as it is interesting when considering anxiety in women in this period. While reading and researching for my topic, I have read how many times women’s anxiety or depression during this period could stem from the role she was playing in society. I thought this meme was kind of …
Research Based Digital Project Broad Topic and Bibliography
Tenative digital project option: Digitally enhanced research essay The evolvement of women’s reliance on treating anxiety with medications in the 1950s-1980s. Bound, Fay. “Keywords in the History of Medicine: Anxiety.” The Lancet (British Edition) 363, no. 9418 (2004): 1407–. Brill, Abraham, Signund, Freud. Selected Papers on Hysteria and Other Psychoneuroses. NY: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing …
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