Re Crews's article "Talking Back to Prozac" http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20851
The Australian psychiatrist Gordon Parker (School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales) has taken a broader view of the subject in the following articles: 1. "Is Depression Overdiagnosed? Yes" http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7615/328 Rates of diagnosis of depression have risen steeply in recent years. Gordon Parker believes this is because current criteria are medicalising sadness. (The responses are also interesting) 2. An article including Parker's critical comments on the DSM-III model of depression and the non-specific prescribing of anti-depressants: http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/docs/TheWorriedWellCorrespondence.pdf Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=290 ---
