This article is irresponsible in that it suggests that people taking medications for psychological problems should not do so because they are in some way denying their true individuality as people. Mental illness has a strong negative stigma so that many people with mental illness would like to believe they do not have one. Cassino's statements that people should not take medication for psychological reasons may incite people to quit taking the medication they are on so they can deny the problem they have.
Mental illness is painful and can have devastating effects on a person's life if untreated.
It should not be treated as a neutral option that one might care to have. Cassino further insults women by saying if a woman has pain before her period, she should do nothing about it. Cassino oppresses women by suggesting they not seek help available to them if they feel they need it. A reasonable woman who can take care of her problems as she needs to does not even exist in Cassino's point of view. I am further disturbed that advisers and editors did not screen out these statements before they came to publication.