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Title: Against Depression
Review: The message that there is significant risk in treating depression as a problem of deviant temperment rather than as the physiological threat it presents is well taken. It does not require 291 pages of text to convey these extensively documented facts which are generally known to those of us interested in these matters, if not in such detail.The book lacked details of treatment protocols and outcomes.The broad suggestion that mental illness is best treated with a combination of therapy and medication is like a disclaimer. The main benefit of therapy is to provide emotional support which encourages the adherence to the prescribed medication protocol. No mental illness has ever been cured with therapy. Also, there is little mention about alternative treatments or future treatments such as TMS. This book is not comprehensive.
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