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Re:The Evolution of Psychiatry by walrus01 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:59PM (#24387531)
> I very well might not be alive if not for my SSRI prescription, but the side effects are brutal and lasting

The history of legal psychoactive medications is littered with dubious and ethically questionable choices. Here's some 1950s era psychiatric medication advertisements targeted at doctors:

https://www.pinterest.ca/epomanic/psychiatric-ads/

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Re:The Evolution of Psychiatry by konjin on Saturday September 05, 2020 @08:17PM (#24387869)
The ones with women are jarring. I wonder if future generations will see how we treat children the same way.

>Simone doesn't want to cook breakfast for her husband, a lobotomy and Thorazine fixed her right up.

>Little Timmy doesn't want to do homework for his parents, Adderall and gender reassignment fixed her right up.

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