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An American Treatment for the 'American Nervousness' (1980)
- astazangasta 7y agoRemember this next time someone is confidently asserting to you that you have some condition X and need drug Y. Anyone can construct an ontology from the muddy soup of human behavior.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoBut also remember this was the time they were selling snake oil to cure any physical malady. It was a time with few rules and fewer consequences.
- afarrell 7y agoAre psychiatrists in the habit of confidently asserting what drugs work to treat people’s problems? As someone who has mental health struggles, I’d love to live in the world where psychopharmacology is that advanced.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoIt wouldn't be any more advanced. What would be more advanced is psychiatrists' confidence (and mistaken-ness). Better that they know their own ignorance than be confident and mistaken.
- kthartic 7y agoGod that site needs some CSS
- afandian 7y agoAlternatively: Thank goodness the 'reader' view works on this site seamlessly.
- dredmorbius 7y agohttps://outline.com/TLn5rM https://outline.com/TLn5rM
- gerbilly 7y agoNeurasthenia is the old word for burnout syndrome. They seems very closely related. Compare, these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurasthenia#Contemporary_opinion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurasthenia#Contemporary_opin... https://www.mind-body-health.net/index.shtml https://www.mind-body-health.net/index.shtml