Andrea Tone, The Age of Anxiety: A History of America's Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers. Basic Books, New York, 2009, US$26.95, ISBN: 978 0465086580

David Herzberg, Happy Pills in America: From Miltown to Prozac. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2009, US$45.00, ISBN: 978 0801890307

Correction to: BioSocieties (2010) 5, 149–153. doi:10.1057/biosoc.2009.12

Due to an error that occurred during the correction process of the books forum, page 149 of Volume 5, the name of the reviewer was incorrectly given as Joseph E Davies, the correct spelling is Joseph E Davis. The typesetter wishes to apologise for this oversight.