on 3/27/07 9:10 AM, bobolozo at bobolozo@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@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.
OK. Let's make you the subject of the Article. In your Article appears this statement: "It is generally agreed that bobolozo suffered from depression throughout his entire life."
In fact, as most of us do, you did have days when you were unhappy; but, for the most part you were pretty content with yourself and the world.
How would you feel about the statement then?
Marc