Exactly. And I feel this is a pretty "vulnerable" topic (I'm not a mental health professional, but I do know a lot of people with mental health problems), so it is important to always mention that more "radical" ways of dealing with depression, dysthymia and similar are possible. My guess is that easily at least 1 in 10 people stumbling upon this post will have something more serious going on while possibly being ashamed of it, disoriented, misinformed and with judgement clouded by their condition.

Or to put it in different words, telling someone with depression to deal with it by introspection/meditation while not giving at least a hint about other options is not exactly doing them a favour.