Why Not Just Call A Witch Doctor In For A Consultation?
A guy in Sweden -- John Knecht -- writes in to the IHT in support of Brooke Shields' medical approach to getting her postpartum depression treated:

After birth Brooke Shields's commentary ("What Tom Cruise doesn't know about estrogen," Meanwhile, July 2) was great. My wife was fine after each of our first three children were born but suffered postpartum depression after the birth of the fourth. We fought through it without medication for six months and relied on faith and prayers. However, that doesn't always fix medical needs. After 18 months and slowly weening herself off the daily dosage, she is doing well. John Knecht, Karlskrona, Sweden

If he did say, "Well, we tried the witch doctor, and sprinkled Kabbalah water on her, then bought red shoes and had her put them on and click them together three times while facing north..." you'd think he was nuts, right? Well, in effect -- he did.