What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?

- Peter D. Kramer

I do not like to see men walk away from women in late middle age.

- Peter D. Kramer

The success of Prozac says that today's high-tech capitalism values a very different temperament. Confidence, flexibility, quickness, and energy - th…

- Peter D. Kramer

Suicide is what the death certificate says when one dies of depression.

- Peter D. Kramer

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

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…

- Peter D. Kramer