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Wednesday, July 17, 2002The central element in the diagnosis of depressive disorder, for example, includes reports of sadness, apathy, sleeplessness and poor appetite. This, says Kagan, is far too general, and rather like assuming that all stomach aches have the same cause. If depression is the result of failure to meet some moral standard, then it should be called a guilt reaction. If the same symptoms occur in an adolescent worried about his future, because his family is poor, "his condition is better described as a state of hopelessness". A third depressive may have inherited a neurochemical imbalance. "These three patients should be placed in different diagnostic categories." So true. It’s just too easy these days to load everyone up with Prozac. posted by Sydney on 7/17/2002 05:43:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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