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“Depression is endemic… By privatizing (mental illness) treating them as if they were caused only by chemical imbalance in the individuals neurology and/or by their family background - any question of social systemic causation is ruled out.“

Devastating. One of the very few books that feels like tentatively pulling your head out of the sand. Except you will find that you are in the midst of the Dust Bowl, and it makes no difference. How you feel about that is something of your own though.