Charles Nemeroff Quotes (5 Quotes)

They view this not as a true disorder but as some kind of weakness of character, and if only they could just pull themselves up by their bootstraps they would be fine,

ECT works in many patients in which anti-depressants don't work, ... ECT works faster than anti-depressants, and after 40 years we still don't know exactly how it works.

So they tend not to take as good care of themselves, both physically and psychologically, and in the end that takes a toll,

There's another factor that we don't often think about, and that's the frequent travel, the jumping across time zones, jet lag. We know that disruption in sleep-wake cycles is another precipitant for depression.

And for them, asking for help is a sign of weakness. When in fact, they've asked for help many times in their professional careers to solve problems.