Don't let this secret out, but depression is a physical condition
A difference without a distinction.
We treat it medically (medicinally), but, like most of our MEDICAL problems, we treat the symptoms, and not the cause.
From what I have seen, it is a multidisciplinary approach. But if you have a way to deal with physical problems other than with medical (psychology is considered medical) science, let's hear it.
I'm not sure we (current medicinal/psychiatric practice in the US) are that good at diagnosing that precisely.
I am honest when I ask: where do they do it better?
Only in the mind.
From what I have seen, it is a multidisciplinary approach.
Agreed.
But if you have a way to deal with physical problems other than with medical (psychology is considered medical) science, let's hear it.
I wasn't saying that. I was saying that depression is a widespread problem, and that most, not all, of it stems from physical habit. If you can't fix it with that, you need medical help.
I am honest when I ask: where do they do it better?
Likely, nowhere better than the variety and skills found in the US, but I've been wrong before. That doesn't mean we cannot get even better by dealing with 'cause', not 'effect'.
If you control the physical, you have a chance to control the mental. And as someone pointed out, they are often indistinguishable, but most understand we are talking about things like 'will' and 'habit'.