Treating Depression ⁑ Wesley’s Notebook
I have a crackpot theory for how to treat depression. It’s probably not very useful, and it’s most likely wrong (as I’m not trained in neuroscience, psychiatry, medicine, or really anything at all), but I think it’s interesting and worthwhile to consider nonetheless.
Treating Depression Sunday September 19, 2021 — Brooklyn, New York I have a crackpot theory for how to treat depression. It’s probably not very useful, and it’s most likely wrong (as I’m not trained in neuroscience, psychiatry, medicine, or really anything at all), but I think it’s interesting and worthwhile to consider nonetheless. First, we have to look at what depression is. There’s often a tension here between the idea that depression is something that has societal and cultural roots, versus looking at depression as something that is neurological at its core (a “chemical imbalance,” or sim
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