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Robert Sapolsky On Depression

January 12, 2015

in 20 MINUTES + / DOCUMENTARY / DEBATE / LECTURE / TALK, ALTERED BRAIN / BRAIN DISORDERS / MENTAL ILLNESS, BRAIN / MIND, BRAIN ANATOMY / STRUCTURES / BIOLOGY, EMOTION, KNOW YOUR BRAIN

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Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky, posits that depression is the most damaging disease that you can experience. Right now it is the number four cause of disability in the US and it is becoming more common. Sapolsky states that depression is as real of a biological disease as is diabetes.

[Source: Stanford YouTube link]

Anxiety / Depression / Stress / Trauma Brain disorder / Mental health Dopamine / Serotonin Health and wellbeing Hormones / Neurotransmitters Robert Sapolsky