--- Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Thank you for you responses. This case is just one
of many I have come
across where the subject of the Article is reported
to have been afflicted
with "clinical depression". In Kafka's case, the
statement I question is
this: "It is generally agreed that Kafka suffered
from clinical depression
and social anxiety throughout his entire life."
Clinical Depression is a serious mental health
condition that requires a
formal, professional diagnosis. And the Kafka
Article is just one of many,
many I have come across in the encyclopedia where
this statement is made
without citation. This casual use of the term
"clinical depression" is not
fair to the subject, and can be misleading to the
reader.
If you believe the statement is untrue, why not just
pull out the word "clinical"? This changes it from an
unsourced medical diagnosis into the more general term
"depression", which is often commonly used to mean any
sort of unhappiness. Those who want the statement left
in the article will probably be satisfied with this as
a compromise, and perhaps you can be too.
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