It's interesting because I just read a chapter of Peter Kramer's Listening to Prozac for my Medical Ethics class. He is all about how incredibly well Prozac works, not only for depression but also for "rejection sensitivity" and whatnot, and he cites lots of cases from his own practice where, according to him, he used the drug to good effect. If I understand him correctly -- this wasn't in the particular chapter I read, but I extrapolated -- he used the drug in fact to diagnose people in certain instances; I think that's what he means by "listening" to a medicine. The book is all about how Prozac can possibly be used cosmetically, not to treat depression but to enhance personality traits. And wow, if Prozac really isn't effective for depression (six weeks of it at least) -- that really is a bomb!
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Date: 2008-02-27 02:15 am (UTC)It's interesting because I just read a chapter of Peter Kramer's Listening to Prozac for my Medical Ethics class. He is all about how incredibly well Prozac works, not only for depression but also for "rejection sensitivity" and whatnot, and he cites lots of cases from his own practice where, according to him, he used the drug to good effect. If I understand him correctly -- this wasn't in the particular chapter I read, but I extrapolated -- he used the drug in fact to diagnose people in certain instances; I think that's what he means by "listening" to a medicine. The book is all about how Prozac can possibly be used cosmetically, not to treat depression but to enhance personality traits. And wow, if Prozac really isn't effective for depression (six weeks of it at least) -- that really is a bomb!