Posted by tenuous on November 8, 2000, at 14:31:09
In reply to Re: Depression and Bipolar Disorder - NIH Conclusi, posted by JohnB on November 7, 2000, at 21:03:47
> As I write this, the presidential election coverage is going on. I hope Gore wins because I think he is sensitive to mental health concerns due to his wife's brush with depression.
Actually, I think that because his wife had depression and then got over it, never to have it return, they have a very simplistic view of mental illness. For people with situational depression it is merely a case of acknowledging the source of the depression (death of family member, loss of job, divorce, etc.), dealing with the feelings (chit-chat therapy) perhaps augmented with an AD, and then you're done. When I run into these people they will always insist that if I could just figure out what I'm upset about then I could be "cured" too. It's REALLY frustrating to deal with them. So, I wouldn't get my hopes up counting on Gore.
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