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"Not feeling incredibly depressed."

• oldgradstudent 4y ago
  Or, more accurately, not reporting to the researchers that you're feeling incredibly depressed.
  • operator-name 4y ago
    The same skepticism can be applied to any study, depression treatment or otherwise. Practically, self reporting is highly effective and well correlated with effects, especially for depression.
    • oldgradstudent 4y ago
      Of course. It's just that sometimes, the easiest and least confrontational way to stop a treatment with serious side effects is to claim that the treatment is no longer needed. Studies should find ways to control for such problems.
      • elevaet 4y ago
        "The floggings will continue until morale improves!"
  • pyuser583 4y ago
    Severe depression has objective symptoms: severe sleep disturbances, psychotic like symptoms.
    • robocat 4y ago
      In my very unscientific opinion, severe sleep disturbances is usually a cause, not an effect. Watch people get sleep problems, a few days of that, and then the mental health issues kick in. Or cause sleep problems (stimulants or environmental), then see mental health issues produced. The opposite can happen (mental health problem leads to sleeping problems) but in my circles I haven’t seen that as often. Of course then the mental health issues compound. Fucking with your sleep is not healthy.
      • pyuser583 4y ago
        I strongly agree. But if you’re sleeping 18 hours a day, that’s not just a cause of depression, it’s an effect.