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News & Views: Could depression be caused by an infection?
Posted on October 30, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: ND Final Project, ND Unit1, Neurological Disorders | | Add comment |

Katherine Streeter for NPR

Infection and autoimmune activity result in inflammation. And psychiatric researchers now suspect that inflammation may play a role in some cases of depression and other mental illnesses.

Read more at NPR.org.