Posted by mtdewcmu on July 13, 2011, at 11:28:38
In reply to Re: Peter Kramer - mixed feelings » jono_in_adelaide, posted by mtdewcmu on July 13, 2011, at 11:21:11
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> When she writes, "That theory became broadly accepted, by the media and the public as well as by the medical profession," she is saying that the introduction of Prozac increased acceptance of the chemical imbalance theory among the popular media, the general public, and the medical profession in general, i.e. not just psychiatry but all of medicine.That's what she means by it becoming "broadly accepted." It had already been narrowly accepted by the psychiatric community prior to Prozac. Keep in mind that Angell is not a psychiatrist herself, so her viewpoint, and her former audience in JAMA, is that of the broader medical profession.
I have a complex inferiority.
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