Reply #67: It exists insofar as people are indeed debilitated by it [View All]

[malachibk]

Whether the cluster of symptoms is named "depression" or some other disorder, it is real. Ask anyone who has suffered from it. In fact, MDD is one of the most costly diseases in the world in terms of days of work missed etc.

As a psychiatric epidemiologist I can aver that the notion of "depression" exisited long before Prozac et al and in cultures far removed from the tug of the pharm. industry.