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A comment on CDC on depression and mortality: wealth, smoking, exercise reduce risk of death. Parent comment

Re:CDC on depression and mortality: wealth, smoking, exercis... by sacnoradhq on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:42AM (#37924920)
There's a lack of nosological classification of meaningful sub-types of depression and their specific dysfunctions. It's currently scatter-gun, medieval treatments without bothering to measure or understand the systems affected.
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Re:CDC on depression and mortality: wealth, smoking, exercis... by kraussvonespy on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:13PM (#37930817)
100% agreed. The current system of "Sorry you feel suicidal / horribly depressed. Here are some meds that are statistically unlikely to help you but you won't know whether they help or not until ~60 days after you start taking them. What if these don't work? We'll shovel you a slightly different permutation of the same meds in hopes that what didn't work the last time will work this time. By the way, it will be another 60 days before you know whether the new meds are working or not" is terribly broken.

Is it any wonder that depressed and schizophrenic people smoke?

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