Some of our daily life revolves around compromise. There's the cost-benefit issue with medication for example, or the decision about whether to pay a little more for something, or those times we agree to do things in order to please someone else. I suspect few people have considered the role of depression as a trade-off, but it's a suggestion put forward by research psychiatrists who wonder whether depression is an evolutionary byproduct of our immune systems.
The purpose of depression is...
In my New Year's Eve post, Starting a Fresh New Year Despite the Same Old Chronic Pain, I talked about being in a rut and trying to look at... Read more »
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For Mental Health Month, I intended a linear progression through history. I began with the Dawn of Man, and it seems I’m still stuck... Read more »
Pollution isn't exactly the kind of topic that cheers people up, but my focus in this Sharepost is to ask questions about the effects... Read more »
Since alliteration helps us to remember connections, we're lucky that diabetes, depression, and the D vitamin all start with the same... Read more »
By Meghan Yost, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent BALTIMORE, M.D. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Throughout history, the human diet has evolved immensely. These... Read more »
The brain is divided into three parts, of which the limbic system governs emotions, the cortices control rational thinking, plus a bunch of stuff in... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Separation anxiety is a developmental stage during which the child experiences anxiety when separated from the primary caregiver (usually the... Read more »
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