A powerful piece of medical dogma is the notion that depression has genetic roots. Talk to many doctors and they’ll tell you that the reason for taking antidepressants to restore the “chemical imbalance” in the brain caused by the genes responsible for depression. Sound familiar? Surprisingly, it turns out that depression is not strongly influenced…
Herpes Virus and Mood Disorders
Does Herpes Virus Cause Mood Disorders? New research published in Frontiers in Microbiology shows remarkable links between herpes virus infection and mood disorders. Dr Bhupesh Prusty and his team conducted post-mortem brain biopsies on people who had suffered from bipolar mood disorder (BMD), major depressive disorder (MDD), schizophrenia, and controls with no history…