Medicine mania..?

To start off on an almost kiddishly defiant note about scientologists and depression; one wonders what they would advocate for mania, in which the symptoms are an exact opposite, the brain areas involved are just on the right instead of the left side in depression, but does not respond to any sort of 'talking therapies'.  Or maybe the psychotherapists believe that there's no such thing as mania, but only reaction formation to depression. :) but of course, in a branch like psychology, being opinionated is considered knowledgeable, and evidence is for poor scientists.

Well, mania and depression may be entirely separate disease entities, but there's
enough evidence to suggest that they occur together or in close succession. Anyway, the point is not to suggest that depression is an entirely biological illness like cancer, but it would also be ridiculous to think that medicines are excessive in  depression. 

The other correlate is that happiness and sadness can be environmentally determined. And for a lot of people, it is the only kind of mood shifts possible. And then, some are able to have their own highs and lows. There is no contention that happiness and sadness can be environmentally manipulated, but it is only when it crosses those broad lines into a persisitent state which we can't help; that we begin to see the need for treatment.

this is the last on the morbid topic. Had thought I'd touch upon it briefly and move on; but it brings up enough bile. Incidentally depression was thought to be due to increase in black bile, by the greeks. And being tangential about greeks, sounds interesting to think that hope was the greatest weapon Zeus used against Prometheus. Bugs me, the issue of hope. anyway, later..

osho