Posted by floatingbridge on June 4, 2011, at 20:53:03
In reply to Re: don't change your life - change your drug » linkadge, posted by SLS on June 4, 2011, at 7:43:02
> This is why MDD must be differentiated from the scenarios you describe. An accurate diagnosis is the goal. I wonder if DMS V will be any better than the anemic DMS IV regarding distinguishing depressive disorders from depression that is predominately psychogenic. A question that has occurred to me lately is whether or not antidepressants can help with situational or psychogenic
depression. Maybe they can. I have never seen a study addressing this issue. Make the presence of MDD or BD an
exclusion rather than an inclusion.
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> - ScottI read recently about a proposed therapeutic window in which psych meds significantly help a certain percentage. With long term treatment, a large percentage of these initial responders worsen.
This is not hard science, but I wonder if such phenomena are part of treating psychogenic based illnesses past this proposed window.
I think about this often.
* and whoever gazes at the stars will never again be quite alone...
c-ptsd & attendant health concerns
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