Question

1. A guest on a TV talk show claims that “major depressive disorder is not a psychological problem; it's a disease that can be medically treated.” Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this claim.

Answer 1

A claim of the Guest on Talk show about the Major depressive disorder need's to be treated by using proper medication under the guidance of the Doctors is absolutely valid.This whole process works in countering the effects of this disorder which might be causes due to some injury in the head portion of the person.This is the strength of the claim which is made by the Guest. This helps in countering physiological apsects only.

The weakness of this Claim is that not every person having  depressive disorder needs the help of proper medication under the guidance of the doctor. They simply need some treatment from the Psychiatrist which include some therapy sessions using proper techinques. Which helps in relaxing the emotions/thoughts which are responsible for undue stress for the Human beings. Therapy sessions helps in countering the physchological aspects only.