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Tackling Depression

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How to Treat Depression

Depression is probably a number of different conditions rather than just one disorder. One of the major features is feeling low or sad in mood, but there are different underlying abnormalities within the brain that may actually lead to those symptoms. We see alterations in markers of inflammation, alterations in the stress response system. So it's not just in the brain, but exactly how those precise changes lead to the various different symptoms.

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