Notes

the reading and the lecture both are about depression and how to treat it.
The author of the reading believes that the best way to treat depression is medications.
the lecture casts doubt on the claim made in the article and he thinks that medication is not the option to treat depression

First of all author points out that the most common cause of the depression is chemical imbalance in the brain of the patient which can have dramatic effect on persons mood and can trigger depression in some cases.
This points is challenged by lecturer who claims that there are lot more factors which are responsible for depression other than chemical imbalance .
any sort of negative experience like death of a near ones can trigger depression in a person so he claims that experiences are the most common cause of the depression
further more he argues that medications only treat the chemical imbalance in the patient not the root cause of the derpession

Secondly author contends that medications has proven effective in number of cases and it has been used successfully to treat depression since several years.
the article notes that with the help of medications numbers of patients are now able to live fulfilling life despite of their depression.
The lecturer rebuts this arguments and says that medication is a short term solution and it is a artificial way of treating depression.
he elaborates on this by mentioning that the effect of medication starts to wear off over a long time so he says therapy is the better treatment option contrary to medications.

Finally the author states that the medication is easier for patients deal with than other form of treatments such as therapy.
the article establishes that the medication taken once or twice a day does not disrupt patients day to day life.
The lecturer on the other hand posits that though medications are less disruptive and easy to carry on they have numerous side effects like loss of appetite, interrupt sleep cycle which can be disruptive