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As it stands, the diagnostic criteria for depression are so loose that two people with absolutely no symptoms in common can both end up with the same unitary diagnosis of depression. For this reason especially, the concept of depression as a mental disorder has been charged with being little more than a socially constructed dustbin for all manner of human suffering.


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BILL BURTON Tom DeLay 's decision to leave Congress is just the latest piece of evidence that the Republican Par...
BILL BURTON New Jersey families sent Congressman Scott Garrett to Washington to represent their values and compa...
BILL BURTON Unfortunately for Speaker Hastert and his special-interest cronies, ... one photo-op press conferenc...
BILL BURTON If you talk to any member of Congress, they will tell you that when they go home, this is what they ...
BILL BURTON Dave Reichert is vulnerable. He represents a district that Kerry won. He doesn't really fit the dist...
BILL BURTON It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dres...
SARAH BURTON I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve d...
AMANDA BURTON It would show hugely if I didn't want to be somewhere. Doing what you want to do can only generate g...
AMANDA BURTON I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock tha...
AMANDA BURTON I think this is a very difficult job, especially for women - there are too few roles around. I never...
AMANDA BURTON Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.
AMANDA BURTON I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of ...
AMANDA BURTON Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.
CLIFF BURTON