I couldn't convince myself to finish this article because I was too annoyed. It's talking about Baby Boomers having high rates of treatment-resistant depression and why they think that is. I believe that Baby Boomers have treatment-resistant depression because they believe that repressing their emotions while meeting responsibilities is a way of life. Virtually every Baby Boomer I've ever met does this. They think expressing emotions is for people who don't meet their responsibilities, so they are constantly repressing. That is what makes them treatment-resistant. No matter how much good happens for them, no matter how effective the treatment, there is a constant source of repressed emotions waiting to make them/keep them depressed.
They don't need better medications. They don't need more money. They don't need more consistent medication management. They need to understand the mechanics of emotions. That would give them the tools they need to stop being depressed. They would still need to figure out how to stop believing that repressing is good, but at least they'd have the tools.
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