The Inflammation-Depression Connection by Majid Ali, M.D.
Majid Ali, M.D.
June 27, 2014
Inflamed people are stressed people, and chronic inflammation leads to pain and anxiety. When such people become depressed, it is a common practice to call its situational depression. The important point here is that this so-called situational depression often masks underlying depressive disposition in many individuals. Here is the scientific explanation of these observations become evident from a simple look at my Oxygen Model of Inflammation and Oxygen Model of Depression.