Posted by emme on November 29, 2010, at 6:48:11
In reply to JAMA-.will never be a drug that 'cures' depression, posted by violette on November 28, 2010, at 20:57:52
Not in a SINGLE gene? That doesn't rule out a strong biological component to depression - perhaps the primary component for a subset of the depressed population. How about a combination of genes? How about different causative factors for different people?
The rest of the article simply doesn't follow from the first 3 sentences. The author is lumping all cases of depression together and making IMHO a rather large and unjustified leap from research failing to verify a single gene to depression being primarily a social phenomenon. For some, maybe yes. For others, probably not. How would the author explain those people who are helped tremendously by medication?
Frankly, I'm horrified by the tone of the article. I'm all in favor of trying a variety of strategies (lifestyle, talk therapy, medication) to deal with depression. Whatever works. But really, the "blame the victim" attitude in the article is just not necessary.
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