> I have high hopes that we'll knock out depression within our generation.
Maybe, but depression is like cancer--a general classification with many many underlying causes. The fact that SSRIs, MAOIs and other medications reliable treat many people, and provide zero benefit to other chronic sufferers, suggest many root causes, and no single answer. I'm sure in the years ahead progress will be made, but I'm pessimistic having tried just about everything for the last 30 years with never a positive effect. I'm 45 and have never _not_ suffered from depression.
Maybe, but depression is like cancer--a general classification with many many underlying causes. The fact that SSRIs, MAOIs and other medications reliable treat many people, and provide zero benefit to other chronic sufferers, suggest many root causes, and no single answer. I'm sure in the years ahead progress will be made, but I'm pessimistic having tried just about everything for the last 30 years with never a positive effect. I'm 45 and have never _not_ suffered from depression.