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The Psychiatric Peddlers in Your Schools

Mad in America

Yes, I’m sure even Plato suffered such disinterest on the part of his students, which would most likely explain the antics of his pupil, Diogenes, who ran into Plato’s seminar with a plucked chicken crying: Behold! Why, she can send an email home to John boy’s parents—make them aware of his deficits. This is no good either.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

Similar trends can be found in many western countries where similar political and business influences, including huge advertising and promotional budgets from pharmaceutical companies, are in place. A focus on depression in Australia corresponded with similar campaigns in the US and the UK in the 1980s and 1990s.