Treatment Resistant Depression and Borderline Personality

A debate between two academics about whether personality disorders or hidden "bipolarity" is the major cause of depression that responds poorly to antidepressants is dissected in this post. Many doctors seem to accept the absurd assumption that everyone who is moody must have an underlying manic depressive illness. They also seem to think that all depression is the same.read more
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Depression Personality Psychiatry Anti-Depressants anxiety disorders bipolar disorder bipolarity Borderline Personality Disorder dsm Hagop Akiskal John Gunderson Kenneth Silk major depressive disorder mania nassir ghaemi pani Source Type: news