Posted by laima on August 12, 2006, at 16:59:40
In reply to Is Kramer right?, posted by Dinah on August 12, 2006, at 11:57:21
I'm no expert, but I've heard a lot about the brain being "plastic" and resiliant. One person who insists it the most is a friend in a psychiatry grad program. The fact that many of us develop toelerance to various medications is, in a twisted way, to me some kind of evidence that perhaps the brain does adapt. I hope Kramer is guilty of being overly dramatic, though I confess I haven't read his book.> I'm reading his book "Against Depression" which seems to deal a lot with the long term irreversible damage done to the brain from depression. It's really upsetting me, as I retain hope that my cognitive fogginess will one day disappear.
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> Is he overstating the case?
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