Re:The evolutionary origin of depression
by Retric on Saturday June 27, 2009 @09:44PM
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Depression is not unique to humans. So I suspect it's a little more complex and fundamental than a failure to understand your limitations.
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Re:The evolutionary origin of depression
by tokenadult on Saturday June 27, 2009 @09:53PM
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Depression is not unique to humans.
What animal model of depression do you have in mind?
Re:The evolutionary origin of depression
by mynameishere on Saturday June 27, 2009 @10:29PM
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Parrots and dogs will tear apart their environments (and sometimes their bodies) under certain circumstances, such as extended loneliness. Seems similar to human depression.
Re:The evolutionary origin of depression
by wallflower on Sunday June 28, 2009 @12:22AM
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Yes, my housemate's dog has separation anxiety which is not good (but he was adopted from a shelter).
We hypothesize he gets all anxious because when we are leaving and locking him in his (reinforced) cage - he doesn't know if we'll ever return. Which is different from humans - as in we know that it is only a matter of time.
This review, and its references, are a little dated, so I presume that the animal models are much more sophisticated by now: