Posted by stargazer2 on November 11, 2007, at 21:19:31
In reply to Re: Treatment resistent depression/gets more resis, posted by elanor roosevelt on November 8, 2007, at 22:45:44
Bipolar disorder and recurrent major depression are life-long disabling illnesses that often first become clinically apparent in the late teenage years or early twenties. People who develop clinical mood disorders characteristically have milder, short-lived symptoms of mood disturbance prior to the onset of clinical illness. These sub-clinical disturbances represent a risk factor for the subsequent development of clinical disorders (Angst 2000; Aalto-Setala, 2002). A number of physiological abnormalities associated with depression persist after symptom resolution, suggesting that depression may cause a kind of biological “scarring” of the brain that can predispose to further episodes of illness.
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