Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Peter D. Kramer

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American psychiatrist Peter D. Kramer.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Peter D. Kramer is an American psychiatrist and faculty member of Brown Medical School specializing in the area of clinical depression.

American - Psychiatrist | Born: October 22, 1948

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What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?

Peter D. Kramer

I do not like to see men walk away from women in late middle age.

Peter D. Kramer

The success of Prozac says that today's high-tech capitalism values a very different temperament. Confidence, flexibility, quickness, and energy - the positive aspects of hyperthymia - are at a premium.

Peter D. Kramer

Suicide is what the death certificate says when one dies of depression.

Peter D. Kramer

When a psychiatrist writes a bestseller, he is then urged to write a book of advice. But I think our culture's awash in advice. The problem is we don't know whether it applies to us or whether we're an exception.

Peter D. Kramer