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A lot of depression cases are purely chemical in origin. At least 20% of patients are 95% recovered once they find the right medication. Keep in mind that the p
by ponker 6y ago
A lot of depression cases are purely chemical in origin. At least 20% of patients are 95% recovered once they find the right medication. Keep in mind that the psychiatric definition of “depression” is quite different from the layperson’s definition. It’s not a sadness or melancholy, it’s basically a shutdown of almost all higher-order mental functions.
- loceng 6y agoCurious where you found these numbers? Also these numbers certainly don't account for preventative-proactive, non-medication treatment options that may allow for better neurotransmitter production - as the field of psychiatry, not being multi-disciplinary, doesn't care about such approaches. And whether that's true or not that the origin is "too low of certain neurotransmitters" or that is a secondary effect of different origins isn't concluded in your statement or statistics.
- taurath 6y agoPsychiatric depression is not that - https://www.psycom.net/depression-definition-dsm-5-diagnostic-criteria/ https://www.psycom.net/depression-definition-dsm-5-diagnosti... Having been thru it, clinically, it’s not a shutdown of mental functions. It is more like a lens by which many of your thoughts have to pass through. Many of those neuronal pathways still function just as well as normal.
- ganzuul 6y agoAre there different definitions in different countries?