This article by Justin Garson has been published in Psychology Today. It begins:
“KEY POINTS
- Medical breakthroughs don’t always come from discovering new facts but also from seeing old facts in a new way.
- An emerging evolutionary paradigm sees depression as a designed response to a life problem, rather than a disorder.
- Seeing depression as a designed response has implications for treatment, and it’s a useful ally in the fight against stigma.
Until recently, a central tenet of biomedical psychiatry was that depression is caused by low serotonin levels. A recent study has debunked that claim, to great publicity. In response, some researchers have called for “doubling down” on the search for biological causes of depression. I want to present something radically different.
What if depression is purposeful, rather than pathological? What if it’s a designed response to a problem of life, not a disease? …”
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