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The depression map: genes, culture, serotonin, and a side of pathogens

Posted on September 14, 2010 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

Maps can tell surprising stories. About a year ago, Northwestern University psychologist Joan Chiao pondered a set of global maps that confounded conventional notions of what depression is, why we get it, and how genes — the so-called “depression gene” in particular — interact with environment and culture.

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