Posted by yxibow on December 6, 2008, at 0:07:05
In reply to Bereavement Depression Treat Same As Major Deprssi, posted by Phillipa on December 5, 2008, at 21:26:13
I think its a divergence between whether the person bereaving is also subject to a biochemical imbalance or whether they have depression in what is basically a post-traumatic experience that is not based on any original depression.
But that probably doesn't matter since what is environmental, psychological, and biochemical converges at the same place often.
So the argument I guess can be digested that it probably doesn't matter what the depressive state is if it meets criteria X for condition Y of DSM-IV-TR. I think that's the major argument here for the DSM-IV in 2012 and what is being discussed here.
But there are converses, since bereavement and non-genetically generated PTSD may not run the same course or length as major depression caused by some genetic tendency and a biochemical imbalance at large.
Its also happens to be a personal issue for me because I am trying to get back to a more stable state while my parents, who I am very close to, are still alive.I know it will be a tough thing that I don't really want to constantly remind myself even if it does creep in and is a major issue -- it doesn't serve a purpose since they are alive.
But I will be genetically predisposed to have a greater chance for major depression, I don't actually want to think about right now even though it always enters the mind.
Its not something I can prevent, nor can anyone prevent the transient unexplained and temporary nature that is life and the "Here and Now" or the unexpected things that can't be forseen.
-- tidings
Jay
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