According to a shocking statistic on Adbusters half of all North Americans will visit a mental health professional or be prescribed a psychoactive drug. The issues of mental health and chemical treatement are explored in prozacspotlight, which highlights, among other things, the controversies surrounding the family of drugs known as the SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and their links to suicidal tendencies, in addition to the marriages of convenience between medical research and big business. A random quote: "The eagle leans close to my ear. "Crazy is working 70 hours a week at a job you can't stand," he says."

While not denying mental illness, we should not forget the ideological and political use made of madness. Just one example out of many: it wasnt until 1973 that the trustees of the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from the list of officially recognised mental disorders (and continued to appear in certain text books throughout the eighties as "ego-dystonic homosexuality").

One of the images on the Adbusters report says that sadness is unamerican. We must remain productive. The customer service smile must be induced at all costs. In a world that feeds on fear and anxiety, it would seem insane not to fall prey to depression at times. Oh well, have a nice day.