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Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Clinical Depression
Message-ID: <838@psuvm.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Apr-84 16:19:17 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 22 16:19:17 1984
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   A large proportion of people with clinical depression are suffering
from a biochemical abnormality which can be greately improved by
medication with little or no psychotherapy. (This tends to occur more
frequently in in some families, rather like diabetes.) Therefore anyone
experiencing SEVERE depression, especially if there is little external
cause, should see a MEDICAL doctor, not a psychologist who is not trained
in use of medication. Since one characteristic of clinical depression is
" total absence of hope",  some friendly person should intervene & take
the patient to a doctor.
                                                C. Clark
                                                cjc@psuvm (bitnet)