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Depression's Evolutionary Roots
- Millennium 14y agoIf depression is not a malfunction, then we must at least accept that depression CAN malfunction. "Turning on" depression might be a useful ability, but there are people who can't turn it off, and others for whom it seems to turn on unbidden.
- tokenadult 14y agoPrevious discussion three years ago (when the article was newly published): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=788259 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=788259 I wonder what follow-up there has been on this issue meanwhile.