Plus ça change department: A quick Google scan suggests that the media continues to ignore research that supports mainstream medical views about antidepressants. There has been little response to the stunning report in Science confirming that Prozac confers new resilience on the mammalian brain. Similarly for the research confirming a quite robust separation between antidepressants and placebo in the treatment of depression in adolescents — almost no press coverage. Awareness of the resurgence of the “chemical imbalance” theory is evident only in a spoof.
Ah, to be in New England department: All winter, I work out on the stationary bicycle. This morning marked my first outdoor foray on my trusty road bike. What a contrast! Practice all you want, there’s nothing indoors to compare to the demands of a real hill. Luckily, the parks department is repairing a section of bike path, so I found an excuse to head home early. A trope's brewing here, regarding the contrast between efforts in psychotherapy and risk in the world. Patients are hereby warned that my sports metaphors are likely to undergo their seasonal switch from skiing to cycling.
One vote department: I know, I know, she won by almost ten points, but hasn’t Hillary become unspeakable? "Some people counted me out and said to drop out." Hill — that’s because politically you’re the corpse that walks. (Yes, if somehow she’s nominated, I’ll vote for her, but that’s what yaller dog Democrat means.) Where’s Samantha Power when we need her?
Subprime department: My daughter and son-in-law have a adopted a cat, who has promptly taken over a kitty condo abandoned by former residents. This squib is a follow-up only insofar as it enacts my pledge to keep the blog random — but I wanted an excuse to throw the photo up on the Web.
