Your original face before your parents were born

[rachelmanija]

The New York Times magazine has an exceptionally thoughtful article, ostensibly on how the marketing of antidepressants in Japan has changed the Japanese perception of depression, but really about cultural perceptions of "illness" vs. "state of being." And much more. Unusually for general-interest articles on similar issues, it is not a hysterical diatribe about how medication is stealing our souls, nor does it ignore sociopolitical and philosophical issues in favor of a strict focus on biochemistry. Check it out.

It requires free registration if you haven't registered already, but who wouldn't want to be able to read the NY Times online?

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/magazine/22DEPRESS.html?hp