Whats the D Detector?
Hardly a day goes by without some mental health mogul pontificating on the sorry state of America’s mental health. The key to the problem, we are told, is to educate people about the nature of mental “illness” and to de-stigmatize seeking therapeutic help. Hence, the country is now replete with offers for “free mental health check ups” like National Depression Day or National Anxiety Day. (I keep waiting for National I’m Mad At My Spouse Day and National I Don’t Want To Go To Work Day.) The sheer number of these programs leaves one wondering who the real beneficiaries are of such efforts to “get out the sick.” The fact that these endeavors are largely funded by drug companies and sponsored by mental health professional organizations should be telling. This endless deluge of negative propaganda has unfortunately encouraged us to acquire a special D Detector. This is not something you can buy at Radio Shack. This device is embedded deep into your psyche, implanted by the continual messag
