Key Moment: What We Get Wrong About Depression (and Anti-Depressants)
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Alex discusses the complexities of depression with neuroscientist Dr Dean Burnett, challenging the disease model of mental health.
This is an excerpt from E178 of the Thinking Mind Podcast. In this clip, Alex speaks with neuroscientist and author Dr Dean Burnett about whether depression should really be understood as a disease. They discuss the disease model of mental health, why depression is more complicated than a simple biological fault, and why mental health problems cannot always be treated in the same way as physical illnesses. Dean explains why calling depression a disease can sometimes help people take it serio...
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