[Trasmatta]

Doctors aren't always effective at treating depression. Especially if they use a therapy modality or medication that doesn't work for you. That doesn't mean you shouldn't talk to them, but it's also helpful to read experiences from from other people.

My opinion, doing both is good. Consult a professional and read about other people's experiences.

At the very least maybe somebody mentions a form of therapy that you've never heard of that you can ask your doctor about, or find a therapist that specializes in. If you ignored everyone's advice online you'd never even hear about that.

Personally, I'm starting Internal Family Systems therapy, which has seemed more promising for my psyche than many other modalities. But there are countless others. CBT is a good place to start, but doesn't work for everyone.

[inter_netuser]

50% of doctors are by definition below the average.

In reality, roughly 3-10% are good, the rest just go by standard guidelines only and/or punt you off to someone else.

[amirhirsch]

50% are below the median.

[inter_netuser]

Grades are normalized on a gaussian curve.

What's the difference between mean and median in a Gaussian distribution?

Looking forward to your contributions to mathematics.

[selcuka]

> Grades are normalized on a gaussian curve.

Are we talking about grades? Honestly when I see "50% of doctors are below average" I intuitively think of some other metric, such as the correct/incorrect diagnosis ratio, or the number of people that died because of their errors. Maybe it's just me but their uni (?) grades never comes to my mind.

[inter_netuser]

It alludes to the joke: "what do you call the last student from the worst medical school? A doctor"

[heavyset_go]

Median is a type of average.

[tsol]

50% of everything is below the average.