An evolutionary hypothesis of depression and its symptoms, adaptive value, and risk factors

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 561-567

  Kinney, Dennis K ^a,b   Tanaka, Midori ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense against infection; Depression; Evolution; Immune dysfunction; Mood's adaptive value

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; INSOMNIA; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOM; ADAPTATION; AFFECT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFECT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68949125410     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b05fa8     Document Type: Article

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