This is why Brooks pisses me off

1. treating "psych" factors like he's in the vanguard of people thinking about it
2. implying a causal impact between chidlhood trauma and adult outcomes, which there undoubtedly is, but some of those multipliers will be due to correlation.
3. telling policymakers to get out of their silos and sit in a room together and tackle some problem.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/opinion/brooks-the-psych-approach.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120928