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Lengthening shadow: will it be 'pull up your socks' or Prozac? (new mental disorder called 'shadow syndrome')(Column)
From:
Commonweal
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February 28, 1997| Author:
Callahan, Sidney
| COPYRIGHT 1997 Commonweal Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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The identification of a mild mental disorder called 'shadow syndrome' will stigmatize sufferers and lead to overmedicalization. It will also contribute to universal diagnoses and increased dependence on psychoactive drugs.
Do you suffer from a "shadow syndrome" mental disorder? Say what? Shadow syndromes are identified as mild mental disorders by two psychiatrists, Doctors John J. Ratey and Catherine Johnson, in their new book Shadow Syndromes (Pantheon, $25.95). These forms of psy...
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