Posted by SLS on March 9, 2005, at 8:39:52
In reply to Re: Posters on this board » alexandra_k, posted by ed_uk on March 9, 2005, at 8:21:08
Hi.
With major depressive disorder (MDD - unipolar), I think there lies a spectrum that extends from the very biological to the very psychological. Often, using both medication and psychotherapy is very helpful. Psychotherapy, if needed, can help prevent a relapse into depression, even if it is very biological. I like the concept of "depressive pressure" to describe the stress placed upon the biological system that produces and perpetuates depression. Psychotherapy can also help relieve the psychological and emotional burden that the biological disorder places on people. This can serve to reduce depressive pressure.
Medication often works to produce a remission for which no psychotherapy is needed. In addition, formally troublesome psychological issues can vanish like magic.
- Scott
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