Re: [tips] Is psychiatry a science?

2010-02-23 Thread Paul Brandon
Of course, those who took medication and did NOT benefit would not be in condition to write much ;-) On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:55 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: Not to set Allen Esterson off again, but for those tiring of a steady diet of Olympics, there's a long interesting

Re:[tips] Is psychiatry a science?

2010-02-23 Thread Allen Esterson
?On 23 February 2010 Stephen Black wrote: Not to set Allen Esterson off again, but for those tiring of a steady diet of Olympics, there's a long interesting essay, in historical context, on the dilemma of treating depression. It's on-line at the _New Yorker_ at http://tinyurl.com/ykqfon8

Re: [tips] Is psychiatry a science?

2010-02-23 Thread sblack
On 24 Feb 2010 at 1:01, Allen Esterson wrote: I'm up to my neck in preparing an article, so can't rise to Stephen's bait I'm wounded by this. I had intended not a bait but a de-bate. :-) Allen then said, I'll respond to one remark of Louis Menand's: For some disorders, such as depression,