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> I mean, does depression even exist, or is it a psychiatric scam? Yes. You're being disrespectful to people whose lives are severely affected by depression.
by q3k 7y ago
> I mean, does depression even exist, or is it a psychiatric scam?
Yes. You're being disrespectful to people whose lives are severely affected by depression.
- unethical_ban 7y agoI think the hypothetical was posed to highlight the utility of these fields of study, despite their issues with reproducibility and stats.
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- flatline 7y agoIt's a model. There are plenty of other models for the symptoms classified under clinical depression, human suffering is not a new thing that people just started trying to solve in the last century. Depression has some stigma attached to it, and big pharma profits a lot from it. The model and its treatments do help a lot of people, but there are an equal or greater number that they don't help. As a model it's pretty meh in my opinion but it's the best thing that modern science has come up with.
- jshevek 7y agoNobody is questioning or invalidating their experiences. As I understand it, the issue is partly semantic. Is our system of labeling helping or hurting our understanding of reality?