Diabetes is measurable through blood sugar, insulin, a1c, and other direct chemical tests. It is easily treated (to maintain blood sugar, not cure, unfortunatel

Diabetes is measurable through blood sugar, insulin, a1c, and other direct chemical tests. It is easily treated (to maintain blood sugar, not cure, unfortunately) through direct chemical application (insulin). Depression can’t easily be measured by any chemical test, existing chemical treatments aren’t effective, and CBT (talking to someone) is similarly effective to chemicals. The chemicals we do have don’t just treat depression, they treat a whole bunch of things (anxiety, OCD, etc) and come with a whole bunch of whacky side effects, which suggests they aren’t particularly well-targeted. They also sometimes make young people want to kill themselves, which is maybe not the best side effect for a depressed person to experience. Tldr: “depression is just a chemical imbalance” is basically a meme, and I haven’t seen any evidence that it is anything more than pseudoscience. Just looking at the condition and it’s place in society is almost enough to disprove the “just a chemical imbalance” thought. Even the DSM V has no chemical criteria for diagnosing depression: https://floridabhcenter.cbcs.usf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MDD_Adult-Guidelines-2019-2020.pdf https://floridabhcenter.cbcs.usf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021...