One does not exclude the other; and for people who need the therapy it could be a lifesaver.
So how I can I make sure my next wife doesn't have this gene?
Therapy? The drug dealers (err.....psychiatrists) will use this is an opportunity to line their pockets and make even more people dependent (err...."treated.") 43 percent of the population. Think of the money!
Thread of interest BUMP!
The cynicism in italics is overblown. This discovery isn't about selling pills, which are already sold at a great amount to those who feel like they need them...many of which, probably do to keep an emotionally ordered life.
But there is something amiss in the original posting's text. Is this depression the type of whirlwind that overcomes a psyche, sending a person reeling to the point of looking at suicide as a high note; or is it the "depression" of those who can't handle the responsibilities, or disappointments of everyday life and seem to lull into a state of benign melancholia?