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cosmetic psychopharmacology

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cosmetic psychopharmacology

Hypothetical use of drugs to alter mood and personality when there is no underlying disease; for example to relieve shyness or mild anxiety. The term was first used by American psychiatrist Peter Kramer 1993 in reference to the antidepressant drug Prozac.



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As Peter Kramer's 1993 bestseller Listening to Prozac describes so compellingly, many even celebrate the "new self" that cosmetic psychopharmacology seems to make possible.
 
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