"There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance"

Yes, that's what Tom Cruise said this past week in an interview for the Today Show, in reference to psychiatry and his earlier comments criticizing fellow actress Brooke Shields for taking the anti-depressant Paxil to treat her severe post-partum depression. Apparently Mr. Cruise believes that vitamins and exercise are sufficient to treat any kind of mental illness. Don't believe me? Follow the link and you can watch the video like I did.

(Question: why take vitamins [which are chemicals] if there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance? To quote a poster in the Science Building at my alma mater, "What in the world isn't chemistry?")

Perhaps it's not a coincidence that, as my good friend Sophie observed, Tom has been acting like a manic depressive who has gone off his meds. 'Fess up, Tom - you stopped taking your Lithium a few months ago, didn't you??? LOL

Top marks to Matt Lauer for standing his ground in face of Cruise's bluster.

(Though, to be fair, Cruise deserves creds for refusing to compare his current and former relationships when Lauer asked him what Katie Holmes brings to his life that other relationships didn't.)