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Exactly. Depression is defined in part as being the inability to effectively do those things.
by Sharlin 8mo ago
Exactly. Depression is defined in part as being the inability to effectively do those things.
- jmye 8mo agoWhy is this downvoted? It's literally two of the questions on the PHQ9, which is used to, you know, diagnose/measure depression. Maybe some of y'all should stick to the javascript threads and stop pretending to be experts in healthcare. Listen more, speak less, kids.
- Sharlin 8mo agoMany people unfortunately think that depression is like somatic diseases such as influenza, where we deduce the presence of a pathogen, a root cause, based on presented symptoms. But for depression (and many other mental health issues) we don't currently know any root cause(s) – all we can do is give names to sets of often-comorbid symptoms.