The Drugs and Depression - Is It a Good Idea?

Until augustine, and to some extent, thomas aquines, depression was seen as a perfectly reasonable ailment. And you had it and went to see somebody about it, and they did whatever they could do,. But then a augustine in particular, said that depression was an illness, not of the body, but of the soul. And therefore, if you suffered from depression, it was a mark of god's disfavour. That completely transformed the way that depression was understood, and is the basis for the stigma still attached to depressed people. These people deserve our sympathy, our support, any attempt we can give to help them get through. They need always to be...