In Practice

A Practicing Doctor's Views on Psychiatry and Contemporary Culture.
Peter D. Kramer is a psychiatrist and author. His books include Against Depression and Listening to Prozac. See full bio

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The (Modest) Future of Psychopharmacology

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Not everyone can do it

I understand and appreciate how hard your job is and yet i know there are many family doctors who prescribe anti depressants. This is also a huge blunder in my opinion,and a war of words should be taken up on who's qualified and who's not. Family doctors need to know almost nothing about human consciousness to do their job,but yet they still feel comfortable treating the mentally ill with no follow up or consistent guidance. Their stupidity makes me laugh and cringe. Sorry if this sounded too crabby-sincerely David Petropoulos

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