This video from youtube is a recent documentary combining firsthand accounts on the nature of depression from a few people backed by cognitive studies of the effects on the brain. It even goes into some detail about the treatments with only one way really seeming to work though the conclusion is never stated explicitly. For what it is the descriptions of depression are great to relate to, but it seems to be a bias towards sedation and medical treatment over lifestyle changes and therapy.
http://youtu.be/F5YubjEqbZ8
A nice follow up to the above is a TEDtalk called "Depression Is a Disease of Civilization" and he takes it a step further than the documentary speaking about humanity's history and how we're not designed for this civilized life.
http://youtu.be/drv3BP0Fdi8
http://youtu.be/F5YubjEqbZ8
A nice follow up to the above is a TEDtalk called "Depression Is a Disease of Civilization" and he takes it a step further than the documentary speaking about humanity's history and how we're not designed for this civilized life.
http://youtu.be/drv3BP0Fdi8