To start off here, we need to understand what clinical depression truly is. Depression is not a bad day or even a few bad days of tiredness, lethargy, lack of motivation. To meet clinical criteria FOR depression, an individual must have 14 or more days of 5 or more of the following: depressed mood, anhedonia, loss of interest, diminished ability to concentrate, suicidal ideations, changes in weight, psychomotor agitation, feelings of worthlessness, AND additionally, have significant impairment in occupational and social obligations. These must be pervasive and last for at LEAST 14 days. These are not triggered by psychosocial stressors, these are symptoms that hit regardless of what life is currently trying to throw your way. This is what is (supposed) to differentiate between “adjustment disorder depression/situational type” and “chemical imbalance type of depression”.
This is a FANTASTIC READ!!!!!!! On the surface here, Hamer seems to be in the same camp as Ghaemi who has been poo poo’ed here in the US but I always found his perspective to be quite interesting and reliable. I am diving into this link you shared. Thank you!!!!!!
You mentioned the ever important part of mood disorder: trauma, life experiences, current stressors. Big pharma wants us to ignore that part!
This is a FANTASTIC READ!!!!!!! On the surface here, Hamer seems to be in the same camp as Ghaemi who has been poo poo’ed here in the US but I always found his perspective to be quite interesting and reliable. I am diving into this link you shared. Thank you!!!!!!
You mentioned the ever important part of mood disorder: trauma, life experiences, current stressors. Big pharma wants us to ignore that part!