Many of you will shake your heads (some with nods of agreement others in aggravation) at this article by Fredrick Crews from The New York Review of Books. In the article he reviews three books, and takes on "Big Pharma" and the DSM. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20851 I am thinking about asking my students to read and comment on the article.
To whet your appetites "Those stigmata, furthermore, are presented in a user-friendly checklist form that awards equal value to each symptom within a disorder's entry. In Bingo style, for example, a patient who fits five out of the nine listed criteria for depression is tagged with the disorder. It is little wonder, then, that drug makers' advertisements now urge consumers to spot their own defectiveness through reprinted DSM checklists and then to demand correction via the designated pills." Looking forward to some time to read some fiction later this week! Dennis Dennis M. Goff Chair, Department of Psychology Professor of Psychology Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) Lynchburg VA 24503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
