Very spot on, on many points, however: there are demonstrable links between brain chemistry, genetics and depression. Hell, I inherit depression from both sides

Very spot on, on many points, however: there are demonstrable links between brain chemistry, genetics and depression. Hell, I inherit depression from both sides of my family, and drugs have helped me in the past. That being said, I'm very averse to medicating a problem that can be solved otherwise, and I agree that treating the causes rather than the symptoms is much more fruitful. My depression is in remission, but it's been a long hard road, and I still have a ways to go. Keeping busy in technical forums helps :)