This program asks "Was Freud right?" New insights into the brain reveal that many mental disorders previously believed to be the product of environment and experience are in fact rooted in biology and chemistry. Will Prozac and similar behavior-altering drugs replace talk-therapy and the psychiatrist’s couch? Experts featured on this program include: Peter Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac, Fred Goodwin, former director of the National Institute of Mental Health; Daniel Weinberg, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health; and Milton Viederman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Cornell Univ. Medical College. (27 minutes)

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