Dr. Charles Raison on Depression, the Immune-Brain Interface & Whole-Body Hyperthermia
Charles Raison explains that depression and inflammation are evolutionarily linked as a defense mechanism against pathogens, where symptoms like fever and social withdrawal served to protect against infection.summaryModern lifestyle factors like obesity, poor diet, and disrupted circadian rhythms create chronic inflammation, triggering depression in an evolutionary mismatch.summaryEvolutionary Link: Depression symptoms (fever, iron shunting, social withdrawal) overlap significantly with sickness behavior because depression evolved from the immune response to infection. Before agriculture, trauma (takeaway














