An Unquiet Mind

What is Jamison's opinion of using medication to treat depressive disorders?

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Jamison says she's grateful to her psychiatrist for insisting that she stayed on lithium, and rails against physicians who draw a distinction between psychiatric illness and what they call medical illness. She states it is malpractice not to treat diseases such as manic-depression with medication.