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klafterreith
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 Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:58 am Post subject: disease vs illness |
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Is it totally wrong to use the word "disease" when we`re talking about depression:
" I want to talk about the disease in general"
must it be " I want to talk about the illness in general"
Is it ok to use the word " recover" in this context:
" The brain recovers when we are sleeping"
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Mary W. Ng
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Is it totally wrong to use the word "disease" when we`re talking about depression:
" I want to talk about the disease in general" |
According to Dr. Alan Scot Newman of New York, 'Science has come a long way in the past four decades to prove that depression is a disease, not a weakness of will.'
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Is it ok to use the word " recover" in this context:
" The brain recovers when we are sleeping" |
Yes.
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