tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post7263883738440528800..comments2023-11-14T20:22:36.929-08:00Comments on Knowledge Is Necessity: Gold Standard Clinical Trials - Science or Marketing?: Part IVJohn McManamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-11922804697450643582011-02-25T00:32:26.256-08:002011-02-25T00:32:26.256-08:00Hey, Gledwood. This is very interesting. These boo...Hey, Gledwood. This is very interesting. These books would have come out when the DSM-II of 1968 was in force. You can make a very good case that the DSM-II view of depression is far more nuanced. The modern DSM went for an over-simplified view. I would argue for some kind of reconciliation with brain science etc folded in. My point is the DSM approach encourages both patients and doctors to stopJohn McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-51597601256101372422011-02-23T19:25:32.951-08:002011-02-23T19:25:32.951-08:00I have suffered depression since my late teens and...I have suffered depression since my late teens and possibly since childhood. I do remember clearly at least 2 of the popular psychiatry/self-help books of the time listing Depression TWICE. Under Neurotic or Reactive Depression and Psychotic or Endogenous Depression. While the books acknowledged that many if not most depressions entailed aspects of both types it was very strange having to decide Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.com