Posted by linkadge on March 7, 2006, at 13:16:40
In reply to Re: oh » linkadge, posted by Chairman_MAO on March 7, 2006, at 12:11:42
I fully agree with you that mental illness is not something that has ever been made concrete in terms of its underlying malfunctioning or lack thereof.
But, simply because we lack the scientific language to fully describe or understand an abnormality does not mean that the abnormality is fabricated or nonexistant.
Dr. Peter Kramer argued two ways. While he made the point clear that the mechanisms of depression have never been fully elucidated, he also argued that this lack of knowledge is not proof, in any way that depression is not, in some cases, an entirely biological condition.
For instance, low thyroid can cause depression, thats biological. Many people on AD's could similarly have some sort of real, yet unidentified, biochemical abnormality. Its not inconcievable.
Sorry, I am a little unclear of what you are getting at, but thats o.k. I'm slow.
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