Posted by laima on August 14, 2006, at 11:51:24
In reply to Re: Is Kramer right? » laima, posted by pulse on August 14, 2006, at 11:23:34
> > Hope so--I'm hoping for that plasticity--if Kramer is asserting that's not possible, I think that would be a tad irresponsable of him. After all, there ARE people who manage to overcome their depression or at least keep it in remission or under control. Again, haven't read any of his books- but I'm bewildered what, other than sensationalism, would motivate anyone to write anything remotely along the lines of 'depressed people are all doomed due to permanently damaged brains'- if that is what he's saying. It almost seems that believeing something like that could in itself be a predictor of staying depressed. I'm more interested to take a closer look at Lindage's list about neurogenesis, and do anything I can, whenever I can manage, to go against atrophy.
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> my therapist just finished this book and is very impressed with it. she made a big point of bringing it up in 1 of our latest sessions.
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> in no way does she feel that it's saying anything close to 'depressives are all doomed. etc.'
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> she's a fan of kramers; she read his 'listening to prozac' when it 1st came out, so she wanted to see his latest takes on depression.
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> i'm his fan also, and since i can no longer take any ads, i'm sure this book will be of at least some help to me.
>Oh- actually we got a better understanding about this book later in the thread.
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