Depression could be evolutionary byproduct of immune system
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 18:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Depression is common enough – afflicting one in ten adults in the United States – that it seems the possibility of depression must be "hard-wired" into our brains. This has led biologists to propose several theories to account for how depression, or behaviors linked to it, can somehow offer an evolutionary advantage.
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