atomicbob
07-14-2005, 10:45 PM
IN DEBATE OVER PSYCHIATRY, DAKOTA FANNING RIPS BROOKE SHIELDS
Eleven-year-old Blasts 'Pseudo-science' in New York Times Op-Ed
The ongoing debate over psychiatry reached a fever pitch recently as Tom Cruise's "War of the Worlds" co-star Dakota Fanning took to the New York Times op-ed page to blast the actress Brooke Shields.
The eleven-year-old Ms. Fanning, who has earned rave reviews for her performance in the summer blockbuster, said she was "infuriated" after reading Ms. Shields' op-ed piece from last Friday in which she ripped Mr. Cruise for his views about psychiatry.
"I was sitting in my trailer reading Shields' piece, where she was going on and on as if she were Sigmund Freud," Ms. Fanning told reporters. "I have to tell you, my blood was boiling."
Within minutes of finishing Ms. Shields' article, Ms. Fanning sat down at her laptop and began composing an op-ed of her own, which she immediately fired off to the editors of the Times.
In her article, which appeared in the newspaper this morning, the eleven-year-old moppet calls psychiatry "a pseudo-science," stating bluntly, "In all my years of experience, I have never seen psychiatry do more good than harm."
Ms. Fanning reserved especially harsh words for the pharmaceuticals Ritalin and Aderall: "After years of studying the medical literature about both of these drugs, I have determined that they are both useless."
In conclusion, she added, "When I find my attention flagging, I don't take drugs - I eat a bag of Skittles and kill some weiners on counterstrike."
Elsewhere, NASA scientists said that the contact between the Deep Impact space probe and the Comet Tempel 1 was the largest head-on collision not involving Billy Joel.
Eleven-year-old Blasts 'Pseudo-science' in New York Times Op-Ed
The ongoing debate over psychiatry reached a fever pitch recently as Tom Cruise's "War of the Worlds" co-star Dakota Fanning took to the New York Times op-ed page to blast the actress Brooke Shields.
The eleven-year-old Ms. Fanning, who has earned rave reviews for her performance in the summer blockbuster, said she was "infuriated" after reading Ms. Shields' op-ed piece from last Friday in which she ripped Mr. Cruise for his views about psychiatry.
"I was sitting in my trailer reading Shields' piece, where she was going on and on as if she were Sigmund Freud," Ms. Fanning told reporters. "I have to tell you, my blood was boiling."
Within minutes of finishing Ms. Shields' article, Ms. Fanning sat down at her laptop and began composing an op-ed of her own, which she immediately fired off to the editors of the Times.
In her article, which appeared in the newspaper this morning, the eleven-year-old moppet calls psychiatry "a pseudo-science," stating bluntly, "In all my years of experience, I have never seen psychiatry do more good than harm."
Ms. Fanning reserved especially harsh words for the pharmaceuticals Ritalin and Aderall: "After years of studying the medical literature about both of these drugs, I have determined that they are both useless."
In conclusion, she added, "When I find my attention flagging, I don't take drugs - I eat a bag of Skittles and kill some weiners on counterstrike."
Elsewhere, NASA scientists said that the contact between the Deep Impact space probe and the Comet Tempel 1 was the largest head-on collision not involving Billy Joel.