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Follow-up data show that rather than alleviating depression, psychiatrys medicalization of depression is contributing to it (see Robert Whitakers book, Anatomy of an Epidemic , and Laura Delanos book, Unshrunk ). It continues to be the best treatment for this disorder.
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