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thinning=depression?

Submitted by Anne Dalke on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 8:44am.

Study Links Depression to Thinning of Brain's Cortex:

“We think that’s what makes them vulnerable to developing anxiety and depression — it essentially isolates them in an emotional world.”

“We don’t know if this has a genetic origin or if it’s a consequence of growing up with parents or grandparents who are ill. Studies have shown that when parents are depressed, it changes the environment in which children are growing up."

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