News of the Weird

Two Prozac Nations:  

 

 

 

An official adviser to the Blair government warned in September that Britain urgently needed 250 special treatment centers, staffed by 10,000 therapists, in order to deal with what he referred to as the country's 'biggest social problem': a national epidemic of 'unhappiness.'  

 

 

 

And in October, German companies donated the equivalent of about $35 million for a media campaign to make their countrymen feel better about themselves. Some sample scripts: '(O)utdo yourself. Beat your wings and uproot trees. You are the wings. You are the tree. You are Germany.'