"A Depression Switch"--Article Review

Paper Summary:

This paper describes and reviews new information about depression presented in an article by David Dobbs entitled "A Depression Switch". According to the paper, although the mental health model of depression has shifted from therapy to biology, this article suggests that the mental health field may even have farther to go in terms of adopting new treatments. One of these new treatments is a psychiatric surgery called deep brain stimulation (D.B.S.) therapy. The paper concludes by encouraging all mental health professionals to become aware of the new findings and treatments for depression.

From the Paper:

"Depression is hardly a new topic of scrutiny for the popular media. However, an April 2, 2005 article by David Dobbs called "A Depression Switch" in the Sunday Magazine section of The New York Times offers the jarring, even disturbing possibility that the way science has attempted to grapple with the problem of major depression in the past may have been fundamentally misguided. Rather than tracing back to childhood trauma, or even a chemical imbalance, the real root of depression may lie deep within the structure of the human brain."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dobbs, David (2 Apr 2006) "A Depression Switch." The New York Times. Sunday Magazine. Retrieved 2 Apr 2005 at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/magazine/02depression.html?pagewanted=6&_r=1

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