If it were so simple! we really don't know. I sometimes think that we never will or are even capable. We change our explanations every generation according to whatever philosophy or science or social pressure exists Michael Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com
On 15 May 2010 23:14, Sean Emmott <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15/05/2010 16:09, Nigel Barber wrote: > >> In the absence of any brain injury, it's all pathologised shades of >> unhappiness, that qualify you for happy pills which make it worse. Now >> THAT >> is insanity. >> >> >> Nigel. >> >> >> >> > Depression is very different to the transient episodes of low mood that you > seem to have in mind. It has firm diagnostic criteria and and can be a > fatal illness. And of course, depression is just one form of mental > illness. Mania, for example, is anything but a shade of unhappiness, and > schizophrenia is completely different from those affective disorders. > > - Sean > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away > > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
