Posted by SLS on September 5, 2010, at 5:13:34
In reply to Re: disability - Proudfoot - SLS, posted by violette on September 4, 2010, at 21:51:27
> > "However, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder are very real biological illnesses, even though they are often inappropriately referred to as "mood" illnesses." - SLS
> Just wondering-what difference does it make if one's illness is 'biological' or 'psychological'?Treatment choice, perhaps?
> I am curious as I have never seen any research conclusive enough to draw an actual line as to what components of an illness are either/or
I have seen research that I feel is conclusive. In addition, the careful study of one patient convinces me.
Morphological and electrical activity changes in the brain along with neuroendocrine and autonomic abnormalities occur in MDD and BD. It is more than simply a change in mood.
> Mental illness is mental illness-the suffering seems the same to me-maybe I am missing something here..
A kick in the butt and falling on your butt feel the same, but the remedies are different.
> Do people with more psychologically-based mental illnes symptoms somehow suffer LESS than those with primarly biological mental illness symptoms?
Who knows? That you make a distinction at all is a step in the right direction.
> Are psychological mental illness symptoms of depression/mood/anxiety somehow 'less real' than 'biological' symptoms of depression/mood/anxiety? You really have me wondering about your rationale here!
I made a statement regarding the phenomenology of MDD and BD. I was not making a comparison to any other illness or condition.
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