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depression is not a disease, it's a name for a group of symptoms with wildly different causes and remedies.
by mahathu 5y ago
depression is not a disease, it's a name for a group of symptoms with wildly different causes and remedies.
- shadowfaxRodeo 5y agoDisease is a pretty vague term — perhaps there are situations where it has a more specific meaning but in general usage it just means "health condition" Depression is used as an example of a disease in the first few paragraphs of the wikipedia entry for disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease Here's the Merriam Webster definition, I think depression fits into it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disease https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disease