Butwheredoesitcomefrom? Onecommonexplanationfordepressionishaving a chemicalimbalance, but a recentstudypublishedinMolecularPsychiatrystatedthereisn't clearevidenceofthetwobeingrelated.
JulianneHolt-Lunstad, a professorofpsychologyandneuroscienceatBrighamYoungUniversity, saysthatbeingconnectedtootherssociallyiswidelyconsidered a fundamentalhumanneed, crucialtobothwell-beingandsurvival.
A 2020 studypublishedinthemedicaljournalTheLancetshowsthatevensmallperiodsofisolationcanhavelong-termeffectsofpsychiatricsymptoms, includingdepression.