Posted by notfred on August 16, 2006, at 22:37:33
In reply to My take on Kramer..., posted by med_empowered on August 16, 2006, at 12:31:48
> Remember "Listening to Prozac" ? I do. He talked about people developing more reilient personalities and the magic of Prozac.And also he wondered if it was just the drug ("Listening to Prozac") or did the people really change.
He left out: akathisia, sexual dysfunction, drug-induced mania/psychosis, insomnia/agitation, and SSRI-induced apathy.
This book came out around the time Prozac did
& these issues took time to show themselves.
He talked about the possibility of cosmetic psychiatry, a form of therapy that would help a person re-mold their personalities with the help of drugs.
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and talked about the ethics of giving meds to those who were not ill enought to justify meds.
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