Who knew that pseudo-actor Tom Cruise was a scholar? Mr. Cruise apparently has a lot of insight into psychiatric illness. He even has some strong advice for the unenlightened among us: Suffering from depression? Schizophrenia? Bi-polar disorder? Put down the Paxil and the psychotropic drugs. They are evil. A daily regimine of vitamins is all you need. Never mind all of the evidence that antidepressants have helped countless people who are victims of serious depression. As Mr. Cruise informed the hapless Matt Lauer on The Today Show, he “knows the history of psychiatry.” [Read more…]

A brief introduction–or not. I’m not going to bore you with various factoids about myself. You now know the hair color. I’m delighted to be a part of this blog, which will allow me to escape implosion when I’m worked up about various issues (and people) that are just impossibly ludicrous. I’ll get right to it:

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