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Models of Madness, Models of Medicine

Posted by Fog on April 04, 2001 at 16:05:58:

In Reply to: Symptoms of Sleep Deprivation (Long) posted by Colorado on April 04, 2001 at 14:58:30:

Thats the title of a book which I believe is now out of print but deals with the tendency to lable as 'stress' or 'psychological' or 'psychiatric' that which is purely a biochemical condition.

Even patients taking allergy medication will often attribute their daytime performance deficits to 'a side effect of the medication' rather than the result of sleep disturbances caused by the allergic reaction.

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