A compelling and troubling exploration of a generation raised on antidepressants, and a book that combines expansive interviews with substantive research-based reporting, Coming of Age on Zoloft is a vitally important and immediately engrossing study of one of America’s most pressing and omnipresent issues: our growing reliance on prescription drugs. Katherine Sharpe, the former editor of Seed magazine’s [...], addresses the questions that millions of young men and women are struggling with. “Where does my personality end and my prescription begin?” “Do I have a disease?” “Can I get better on my own?” Combining stout scientific acumen with first-person experience gained through her own struggle with antidepressants, Sharpe leads the reader through a complex subject, a guide towards a clearer future for all.

This blend of investigative journalism and personal memoir asks the tough questions about the Prozac generation:

• A History of Antidepressants: From the "psychopharmaceutical revolution" of the 1990s to today, discover how drugs like Zoloft and Prozac changed American culture and the conversation around mental illness.
• SSRIs and Identity: Tackles the defining question for a medicated generation—exploring what happens when you can’t tell where your personality ends and your prescription begins.
• Talk Therapy vs. Medication: Through personal experience and deep research, Sharpe weighs the benefits and drawbacks of treating depression with pills versus psychotherapy.
• Living with Depression and Anxiety: Follows the author's own ten-year journey with antidepressants, from a college diagnosis to the difficult questions of life as a young adult.