Indeed. Although many practitioners are open about it that they cannot really influence those factors, so the try to offer the best individualized solutions to

Indeed. Although many practitioners are open about it that they cannot really influence those factors, so the try to offer the best individualized solutions to for respective patients. But to claim there are no environmental factors that might benefit depression is very likely just plain wrong. But in practice these factors are declared out of scope because neither patient nor psychologist can change those. Of course numbing yourself down with meds has other repercussions and maybe hinders that environmental factors are considered and changed.