Depression in an evolutionary context
Wolpert Lewis
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine · 2008
doi:10.1186/1747-5341-3-8 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
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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