Tag: depression
Chronic stress (adversity) lowers dopamine and causes mental illness
The evidence for the role of chronic stress in virtually every health condition doctors have a name…
PUFA and serotonin promote each other, and likely cause mental illness
I neat new study that draws a direct parallel between PUFA-driven inflammation, serotonin and depression. As the…
Estrogen is a stress hormone, it can both trigger and potentiate the effects of stress
I was quite surprised to see this article in WebMD – a website that is bastion of…
Avoiding sunlight may be as bad for health as smoking a pack a day
As most readers of this blog know, the current recommendations of the American Dermatology Association (ADA) call…
Vast majority (90%) of depression cases are caused by stress
In case anybody continues to doubt the stress-depression connection and/or their doctor tries to convince them their…
A selective serotonin antagonist is a potent antidepressant
Fraud, fraud and nothing but fraud! I used to think it is shear stupidity, but the evidence…
Endotoxin (LPS) may cause depression / anhedonia
As many readers know, anhedonia is one of the most pernicious aspects of clinical depression. It is…
There is no “Depression Gene”, and any “evidence” of a genetic cause so far has been fairy tales
I did not think that I would see such a brave post appear on the front page…
Cortisol (stress) directly causes depression
I have posted quite a few threads/posts on the role of stress as perhaps the main cause…