[Melas]

I think I've come across poorly here. I don't mean to argue against clinical depression. I grant you that clinical depression does indeed exist, and I freely grant that the only effective treatment is to treat the neuro-chemical imbalance.

What I am saying that is that depression is now vying to be one of the most over-diagnosed diseases, ever. It's likely surpassed even false diagnosis of ADD in normally active children.

[drhogan]

i think depression is vastly under-diagnosed. sure, there are probably some people who are not depressed who get the diagnosis, but the opposite problem is much more frequent and much more serious.
most people who have depression or bipolar disorder never get treated.
you can go on medscape and read studies about this.
the popular press is often not accurate when it comes to things like depression and medication.