prozac, when used to create a situation where the patient is more receptive to therapy, is a great idea. prozac and other ssri’s prescribed as ‘magic bullets’ is just awful. brings up a lot of complicated issues that were just hitting the streets when i left manhattan … some salespeople were getting prescriptions from their medical doctors, rather than psychiatrists, in order to ‘brighten’ their moods, and make themselves artificially more ‘positive’. it seemed to work. there’s a term being bandied about here in the states: ‘prozac pez’ (named after the popular pez candy). it seems to have become as popular as the ‘mother’s little helper’ (valium) of the 50′s and 60′s … only for both sexes now.
a great read, if you’re interested: james hillman and michael ventura … “we’ve had a hundred years of psychotherapy … and the world’s getting worse.”