Peter D. Kramer quotes

Peter D. Kramer quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Suicide is what the death certificate says when one dies of depression.”
-- Peter D. Kramer

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“When a psychiatrist writes a bestseller, he is then urged to write a book of advice. But I think our culture's awash in advice. The problem is we don't know whether it applies to us or whether we're an exception.”
-- Peter D. Kramer

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“I do not like to see men walk away from women in late middle age.”
-- Peter D. Kramer

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“Part of the impetus for my writing is the pain I've seen my friends experience both in their marriage and in their dreams.”
-- Peter D. Kramer

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“The success of Prozac says that today's high-tech capitalism values a very different temperament. Confidence, flexibility, quickness, and energy - the positive aspects of hyperthymia - are at a premium.”
-- Peter D. Kramer

Source : Peter D. Kramer (1994). “Listening to Prozac”, Sage

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“What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?”
-- Peter D. Kramer

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