Brooke Shields Tells Off Cruise
Says His Rant Against Antidepressants Is A Disservice To Mothers
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Play CBS Video Video Shields On Tom Cruise Actress Brooke Shields is now in a 'war of the words' with actor Tom Cruise, who recently criticized her for taking an antidepressant for postpartum depression.
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"I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Mr. Cruise has never suffered from postpartum depression," the actress wrote in an op-ed piece published Friday in The New York Times.
Cruise had criticized the actress for taking the drugs, and became particularly passionate about the issue in an interview on "Today" last week.
"You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do," Cruise told "Today" host Matt Lauer.
He went on to say there was no such thing as chemical imbalances that need to be corrected with drugs, and that depression could be treated with exercise and vitamins. Shields called those remarks "a disservice to mothers everywhere."
Shields said she considered swallowing a bottle of pills or jumping out the window at the lowest point of her depression following the birth of her daughter, Rowan Francis, in 2003. A doctor later attributed her feelings to a plunge in her estrogen and progesterone levels and prescribed the antidepressant Paxil.
"If any good can come of Mr. Cruise's ridiculous rant, let's hope that it gives much-needed attention to a serious disease," she wrote.
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