Mental Health and Depression

Overview

1. What is Hirshbein’s argument about depression? What contributed to making it into a disease category, and why were women considered more likely to have depression by the 1980s? How does this story compare to or contrast with Brumberg’s history of anorexia nervosa?
2. Following the question posed by the article, can (and should) AI treat mental illness? Why or why not, based on the article or on your own views?