The immaturity that goes into commenting about an area where one lacks study and training!
There are several types of depression. Several of these have a biological basis to the disease. There could be hormonal aspects to it, and post-partum psychiatric illnesses are not rare. Yes, men can have hormonally related problems, too. While use of medication for biological based depression is usually the preference, the science is not exact. Some people respond to one medication and not another. Others are refractory to medication use altogether, and not enough is known to treat some complicated cases. Psychotherapy (the entire realm of it) is usually helpful. It rarely substitutes for medication, and use of both is often warranted. All of this can be verified by any trained mental health professional.
PBA’s comment about women of child bearing age experiencing as much depression as post-partum women is simply baloney. There is a wealth of research that indicates otherwise. Perhaps he would like that to be true, but it simply is not the fact.
It is also erroneous to call CBT a “quick fix”. I will spare the readers the shiur on that. When to use it, where it is indicated, just what role it should play in the treatment of any particular individual, ask someone with ample training in the field, not commenters on the internet.