Don't let this secret out, but depression is a physical condition, and is what generates the mental condition.
We treat it medically (medicinally), but, like most of our MEDICAL problems, we treat the symptoms, and not the cause.
Yes, there are some whose brains aren't wired right, and in their case, medicines are sometimes the only relief.
I suspect that some who are 'clinically' depressed, are not, and some who are not diagnosed that way, are.
I'm not sure we (current medicinal/psychiatric practice in the US) are that good at diagnosing that precisely.
Don't let this secret out, but depression is a physical condition
A difference without a distinction.
We treat it medically (medicinally), but, like most of our MEDICAL problems, we treat the symptoms, and not the cause.
From what I have seen, it is a multidisciplinary approach. But if you have a way to deal with physical problems other than with medical (psychology is considered medical) science, let's hear it.
I'm not sure we (current medicinal/psychiatric practice in the US) are that good at diagnosing that precisely.
I am honest when I ask: where do they do it better?