A powerful piece of medical dogma is the notion that depression has genetic roots. This is the idea that if your mother suffered from depression, then the chances are that you will too. A closedly associated notion is the “chemical imbalance” in the brain idea. This is the claim that depressed patients do not have…
Does Herpes Virus Cause Mood Disorders? 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. They investigated bipolar mood disorder (BMD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and schizophrenia. They also included a control group of patients with no history…
