Posted by linkadge on September 17, 2006, at 10:18:41
In reply to Re: the brain » linkadge, posted by Squiggles on September 17, 2006, at 9:09:34
>In this context, if a person in a state of
>suicidal depression is given drug X, and
>the heavy mood of depression and despondence
>lifts, and he/she feels at peace again, THEN
>it is a fact that he was depressed before
>drug X and not depressed after taking it.But, that doens't say a whole lot about the validity of assumtpion that a biochemical imballance is the cause of depression and not a conseqence.
Lets say you've got your hand on a hot burner. An opiate might releive the pain, but you can't jump to the assumption that one now has an opiate deficiancy.
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