Shades of "The Myth of Mental Illness": The star of War of the Worlds challenges psychiatry and its methods, in an interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show. Cruise had recently criticized Brooke Shields for revealing that she had taken an anti-depressant drug for her post-partum depression, and Lauer asks him to explain:

Cruise: I've never agreed with psychiatry, ever. Before I was a Scientologist I never agreed with psychiatry. And when I started studying the history of psychiatry, I understood more and more why I didn't believe in psychology.

And as far as the Brooke Shields thing, look, you got to understand, I really care about Brooke Shields. I think, here's a wonderful and talented woman. And I want to see her do well. And I know that psychiatry is a pseudo science.

Lauer: But Tom, if she said that this particular thing helped her feel better, whether it was the antidepressants or going to a counselor or psychiatrist, isn't that enough?

Cruise: Matt, you have to understand this. Here we are today, where I talk out against drugs and psychiatric abuses of electric shocking people, okay, against their will, of drugging children with them not knowing the effects of these drugs. Do you know what Aderol is? Do you know Ritalin? Do you know now that Ritalin is a street drug? Do you understand that?

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Lauer: I'm just saying. But aren't there examples where it works?

Cruise: Matt. Matt, Matt, you don't even — you're glib. You don't even know what Ritalin is. If you start talking about chemical imbalance, you have to evaluate and read the research papers on how they came up with these theories, Matt, okay? That's what I've done. Then you go and you say where's the medical test? Where's the blood test that says how much Ritalin you're supposed to get?

ADDENDUM: I didn't mean to suggest more of an overlap between Szasz and Scientology than really exists. As is clearly explained here, while the religion of Scientology shares some "anti-psychiatry" conclusions with the libertarian Szasz, their arguments are quite distinct.