tanstaafl
2008-03-19 12:56:58
And the (book) thesis praised by Dalrymple (himself a “retired” psychiatrist and one of the most interesting writers of our times) is spot on.
The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder
Very depressing, the explosion of prescriptions for mood deadening elixirs. And possibly dangerous as well, when you consider that one of the side effects of (for example) Paxil in children is suicidal ideation.
