and a drugs cover-up - interesting comment on antidepressants out of UK Daily Mail

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1379925/Jesus-vs-Che-Guevara-A-man-laid-life-murderous-rebel.html

and a drugs cover-up

The issue of psychobabble versus common sense – linked to the

dangers of antidepressant drugs – is increasingly important.

If you think that people are unhappy because bad things have

happened to them, and that giving them mood-altering pills is

wrong, you find yourself viewed as a heartless monster.

In last week’s episode of the occasionally enjoyable TV police

series , the detective, played as an increasingly

ill-tempered and crusty figure by Whately, started out being

hostile to a tricky pill-dispensing doctor. So did his funky

underling, Hathaway, played by ce Fox.

But the real message was different. Their boss told the younger

man: ‘You’re supposed to be bringing out of the Stone Age,

not joining him there.’

And lo, by the end, the seemingly nasty psychiatrist was revealed

to be a saintly and honest character.

I find these days that even asking questions about the huge

prescription of antidepressants in modern Britain gets me into

trouble.

Actually, that’s why I keep doing it. The twitchiness of the

pill-popping faction suggests they are hiding their own grave

doubts.