Posted by ed_uk2010 on May 9, 2010, at 13:18:21
In reply to Interesting article? What do you think?, posted by Laney on May 9, 2010, at 11:38:40
>It seems their saying that by taking meds, one is setting themselves up for chronic depressive illness.
I'm not convinced that what they say is true. As far as I know, depression has always been characterised by a risk of relapse, and sometimes a chronic course. I do think that depression is much more frequently diagnosed than it was before antidepressants were introduced. There is always a tendency to diagnose a condition more commonly when there is a tablet available to treat it. Before antidepressants, depressive illness was probably only diagnosed when it was very severe.
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