ABSTRACT
Gold and Olin (2009) claim that the widespread use of antidepressants is a problem and that neither philosophy nor psychiatry are in a position to provide the conceptual and scientific tools to understand, characterize and, ultimately, solve it. While we agree with their analysis of the problem and the shortcomings of psychiatry to address it, we disagree with their pessimistic assessment of the actual standing of analytical philosophy to do so: we think that the prospects for conceptual help from mainstream Anglo-American philosophy are much more promising than they allow in their paper and we aim to show how this is so.
Subject(s)
Antidepressive Agents/therapeutic use , Ego , Individuality , Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Antidepressive Agents/adverse effects , Brain/drug effects , Depressive Disorder/drug therapy , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Drug Utilization , Emotions/drug effects , Humans , Philosophy, Medical , Psychological Theory , Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/adverse effectsABSTRACT
A dramatic difference in behavior is observed for the dithiocarbamate and carbamate complexes [Ar(But)N]3V(NCE2)Na(THF)2(E = S or O, respectively), prepared from the corresponding nitride species ([Ar(But)N]3V identical to NNa)2 by way of a nucleophilic addition reaction involving carbon disulfide or dioxide, and is rationalized with the aid of DFT calculations.
