The depression epidemic - Part II

Most of what I am about to say (see "The depression epidemic - Part III) has been covered in various issues of the Conscious Living Seminars Journal over the past three years (www.consciouslivingseminars.com ). See, especially,the following: www.consciouslivingseminars.com/mar03_journal.html ("the myth of mental illness");
www.consciouslivingseminars.com/apr03_journal.html (all); www.consciouslivingseminars.com/feb04_journal.html (editorial; "drugs and the corporate world"); http://www.consciouslivingseminars.com/sep03_journal.html (editorial; "nature and nurture"; www.consciouslivingseminars.com/apr04_journal.html ("antidepressants");
www.consciouslivingseminars.com/aug04_journal.html (all); www.consciouslivingseminars.com/sep04_journal.html (editorial; "The blood of these children is on your hands: antidepressants yet again"); www.consciouslivingseminars.com/feb05_journal.html (all);
www.consciouslivingseminars.com/may05_journal.html (editorial; Bruno Bettelheim).

For conflicts of interest in scientific research see www.consciouslivingseminars.com/may04_journal.html (editorial; the economics of scientific research); and www.consciouslivingseminars.com/jun04_journal.html ;

In addition, the following works should be consulted by those wishing to explore further the way so-called "science" (especially "scientific research") has been corrupted by narrow economic self interest: Sheldon Krimsky (2003), Science in the private interest: Has the lure of profits corrupted biomedical research? (Forward by Ralph Nader); Derek Bok (2003), Universities in the market place:The commercialization of higher education; Daniel S Greenberg (1967;1999) The politics of pure science (New edition, 1999, with introductory essays by Sir John Maddox and Professor Steven Shapin and a new Afterword by the author, 1999); Daniel S Greenberg (2001) Science, money and politics: Political triumph and ethical erosion; Linda Marsa (1999), Prescription for profits: How the pharmaceutical industry bankrolled the unholy marriage between science and business.

Finally, to get an insight into the processes by which "news" is manufactured and manipulated to ensure that we, the public, develop appropriate consciousness (that is, unconsciousness), the following may prove useful: Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky (1988), Manufacturing consent:The political economy of the mass media (Vintage paperback, 1994); Larry Tye (1998), The father of spin:Edward L Bernays and the birth of public relations; John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton (1995), Toxic sludge is good for you: Lies, damn lies and the public relations industry; Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber (2001), Trust us, we're experts: How industry manipulates science and gambles with your future (To be continued)