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    Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2008 Feb 29;3:8.

    Depression in an evolutionary context.

    Wolpert L.

    Sadness and low levels of depression are adaptive since they lead the individual to try and make up a loss. By contrast, severe or clinical depression is not adaptive, but can be thought of as sadness having become malignant.

    PMID: 18312654 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: PMC2267800

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