Having done nearly 50,000 brain scans, psychiatrist Daniel Amen, MD notes that depression and other psychiatric problems are not a single or simple disorder. He notes that…
“Giving someone the diagnosis of depression is exactly like giving them the diagnosis of chest pain.
Why don’t doctors give people the diagnosis of chest pain?
Because chest pain is a symptom with many different causes.”
What can cause chest pain? Heart attacks, ulcers, gas, muscle pain, and grief.
Doctors don’t typically give people the diagnosis of chest pain because it doesn’t tell them what causes it or what to do for it.
The same thing is true for depression.
It is a symptom with many different causes.
And one treatment does not fit everyone.”
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