Letter to my Classmates on our 40th Reunion (www.mentalhealthexcellence.org)
So why the outrage? This is how my career unfolded. To a casual observer, the narrative of modern psychiatry is that it has undergone a remarkable evolution in the past 30 years. We have shuttered most of our large mental hospitals and the common wisdom is that this was due to the powerful and effective drugs psychiatrists prescribe. These drugs have helped not only those who, in another era, might have been institutionalized but also those who were functioning — in some cases quite well —...