Apparently we missed a Dalrymple piece published in the Daily Express back on January 15th. Since we cannot find it on the Daily Express site, we are linking to it where it has been reprinted in its entirety, on a Christian web site.
Unfortunately the replacement of the word ‘unhappiness’ by ‘depression’ is not all to the good. It turns a normal human experience – that of unhappiness – into a medical condition, to be treated and cured by doctors.
It reminds me of his other article (book review), “Forced Smiles”:
http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/forced-smiles-2475
The pathologizing of unhappiness as “depression” is nothing less than an assault on freedom. I’ve made a related page about this:
http://tinyurl.com/deejcc