Challenging ideas in mental health: Figure 13 Valium was advertised as addressing a range of problems. Here ‘psychic tension’ is the condition to be treated. The advert appeared in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 1965 (Source: Metzl, 2003, p. 151).

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Challenging ideas in mental health

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Figure 13 Valium was advertised as addressing a range of problems. Here ‘psychic tension’ is the condition to be treated. The advert appeared in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 1965 (Source: Metzl, 2003, p. 151).

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