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Link – Depression Is NOT Just A Mental Disorder, Review of 29 Studies Concludes

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

“3,961 people from 29 different studies were included in the analysis.

Depression is more than a mental disorder, it affects the body’s ability to detoxify itself.

It should be seen as a systematic disease that affects the whole body, argues a new study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.”

And yet, there are still far too many people who think it is “all in your head”. No, depression is a disease that causes the body itself to malfunction, and should be treated. Getting treatment for it should be no less embarrassing than taking an antibiotic.

http://www.spring.org.uk/2016/03/depression-not-just-mental-disorder-review-29-studies-concludes.php

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