I grew up in the 50's & 60's...I pick the 50's..

Now days, idots have kids, leave them to fiend for themselves...no disipline..no guidence...no wonder these kids are in trouble.  Teens having kids, adults having kids but don't get married..sheesh...I guess anything goes these days. >

Wish we could dispense some of those "drugs" at the clinic where I'm clinical director. No we don't dispense narcotics but so many people are wanting pills to fix their depression. I know some depression is real but so much could be improved by a change in attitude!

Wow, what an absolutely asinine statement from someone with little to no actual experience with depression. I guess NIMH are just wasting their time, huh? All of the people suffering with depression just need to think happy thoughts and it'll all get better. :

Underlined for emphasis. I agree with him. Some people see commercials on tv about depression then they think they have the symptoms because they're having a crappy week or whatever and then they go to the doctor and get pills to help them with a problem that isn't really there. I don't deny that it's a real medical condition, I just think it's grossly over-diagnosed.

These are real mental disorders, not an attitude problem.

I don't think anyone doubts that those are serious conditions, but depression is a little different because it is more difficult to diagnose

I don't think anyone doubts that those are serious conditions, but depression is a little different because it is more difficult to diagnose

Severe depression is the sympton, not the cause, I'm not talking about a bad day on the lake or your dog eating your favorite pair of socks, but mental disorders that require therapy and drugs.

In my signature line it says I'm a proud supporter of JARC, if interested google it to see what it's about.  It addresses this problem to a T. We build homes for these mental ill to live a life with some dignity, under supervision of course.  My entire family has been involved with well over 20 years.

Depression is a symptom of other conditions, but it is also an independent condition on its own. That is what we were talking about, not other illnesses like BD