Depression in an evolutionary context

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 3:8- (2008)
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Sadness and low levels of depression are adaptive since they lead the individual to try and make up a loss. By contrast, severe or clinical depression is not adaptive, but can be thought of as sadness having become malignant

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10.1186/1747-5341-3-8

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