“Depression” Reaction
Another reaction to Jonah Lehrer’s Depression’s Upside. This one at PsychologyToday.com, The Dangerous “Upside” of Mental Illness, by Victoria Costello:
…More current scientific thinking sees several mental illnesses (there is some debate about how many) as points along the same spectrum. This means that two or more disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, currently defined as separate conditions, are acknowledged to share the same possible genetic cause(s) and overlapping environmental triggers. Not surprisingly, medications and other treatments for these illnesses also overlap…
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