ext_89649 ([identity profile] dreamshark.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] pegkerr 2008-02-04 11:01 pm (UTC)

I dunno, it's hard to dislike an article that starts with a great line like "The plural of anecdote is not data."

I think you're taking the article (or perhaps more accurately, the attitude of the author of the book that this article is reviewing) a little too personally. There are some good points here, as well as a bit of "make an outrageous statement in the title of your book and you'll sell a lot more copies." I haven't read the book, but it doesn't sound like the author is actually arguing against the reality of organic depression or saying that genuine mood disorders shouldn't be treated; he seems to be suggesting that mood disorders are over-diagnosed. It's not about you and your mood disorder.

In short, if the shoe doesn't fit, don't wear it.

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