Hickie vs. Ahmed: Is Depression Being Overtreated?

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Hickie vs. Ahmed: Is Depression Being Overtreated?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Intelligence Squared (IQ2)
The pursuit of happiness is one of the unalienable rights enshrined in the U.S. Declaration of Independence. But is our relentless striving to feel good no matter what actually making us miserable? Would we be better to accept that life comes with good times and bad, and make peace with that?This IQ2 debate, held in Sydney in March 2010, pits those who believe that happiness is a worthwhile goal that can be found in pleasures material and social, against those who hold that people should abandon unrealistic goals and seek quiet comfort within.