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Scientists Theorize Inflammation May Trigger Some Mental Illnesses

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 27 2015, @08:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the misery-loves-company dept.

chromas writes:

NPR's Shots has an article discussing the correlation between infections and depression and other mental illness:

Late last year, [associate professor] Turhan Canli published a paper [...] asserting that depression should be thought of as an infectious disease. "Depressed patients act physically sick," says Canli. "They're tired, they lose their appetite, they don't want to get out of bed." He notes that while Western medicine practitioners tend to focus on the psychological symptoms of depression, in many non-Western cultures, patients who would qualify for a depression diagnosis report primarily physical symptoms, in part because of the stigmatization of mental illness.

"The idea that depression is caused simply by changes in serotonin is not panning out. We need to think about other possible causes and treatments for psychiatric disorders," says Canli.

His assertion that depression results from infection might seem far-fetched, or at least premature, but there are some data to bolster his claim.

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  • (Score: 2) by Non Sequor on Wednesday October 28 2015, @02:36AM

    by Non Sequor (1005) on Wednesday October 28 2015, @02:36AM (#255396) Journal

    This has been known for decades.

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQyCkwAGoVChMInMmz05DkyAIVy1g-Ch1iTw-X&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYcaVXeyBR44&usg=AFQjCNF2AMSbW-AnUhbKC-iMUlI21vINkw [google.com]

    Got a nervous kind of feeling
    Got a painful yellow headache
    Every picture in every magazine's turned real
    Every face looks out and screams at me too real

    Cold sweat on my collar
    Dripping to my boots
    The waves of nauseous pain
    Sets off the pressure pad alarms

    Gotta get outta here
    Gotta get outta here
    Gotta get outta here
    Gotta get outta here

    Gotta painful swelling brain
    Banging in my head
    Gotta painful swelling brain
    And I called off sick

    Gotta swelling itching pain
    Got me pulling out my hair
    Gotta swelling itching pain
    Clutching at my brain

    Gotta painful swelling brain
    In the back of my head
    Gotta painful swelling brain
    And I called off sick

    Gotta swelling itching pain
    Got me pulling out my hair
    Gotta swelling itching pain
    Clutching at my brain

    Gotta painful swelling brain
    Got me laying on the floor
    Gotta painful swelling brain
    Think I left my senses

    Gotta swelling itching pain
    Seems like endless torture
    Gotta swelling itching pain
    Banging in my head

    Gotta painful swelling brain
    In the back of my head
    Gotta painful swelling brain
    And I called off sick

    Gotta painful swelling brain
    Got me pulling out my hair
    Gotta painful swelling brain
    Clutching at my brain

    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Driving me up the wall
    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Dripping out my eyes ears nose and mouth

    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Imploding my thoughts
    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Blasting holes in the front lawn now

    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Clutching at my brain
    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Got me laying on the floor

    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Painful swelling brain, looking out at my start
    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Painful swelling brain, banging on my thought

    Gotta painful swelling brain painful, swelling brain
    Painful, swelling brain, looking out at my eyes[Incomprehensible]
    Gotta painful swelling brain, painful swelling brain
    Painful swelling brain, tearing me apart

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