Is Depression “Evolutionary” or Just “Adaptive”? A Comment

Some recent explanations of depression have suggested that it may be “evolutionary” in that there are advantages to the depressed individual which arise from some aspects of depressive symptomatology. While the depressive behaviour of withdrawal from the adverse environment may provide some immediat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christopher F. Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Depression Research and Treatment
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/631502