Monday, February 23, 2015

Does High IQ Increase the Risk of Depression and Mental Disorders?

Does this match up earlier research that had those with a high IQ were more likely to get depressed following a brain injury because they knew how much intelligence they lost? I can't find that research right now. Damn my 7100 posts, it's too much to juggle at one time in my brain.
Or is depression an advantage?

4 Surprising Advantages of Being Depressed

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Or maybe you want  alcohol to reduce your chances of depression;

RESULTS:

Moderate alcohol intake within the range of 5 to 15 g/day was significantly associated with lower risk of incident depression (hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 0.72 (0.53 to 0.98) versus abstainers). Specifically, wine consumption in the range of two to seven drinks/week was significantly associated with lower rates of depression (HR (95% CI) = 0.68 (0.47 to 0.98)).
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I'm sure your doctor won't be doing this;

Psilocybin inhibits the processing of negative emotions in the brain

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This from the 1920s might be hard to find.

It brings mental sunshine (1920): 'Sa-tan-ic' liniment

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Does High IQ Increase the Risk of Depression and Mental Disorders? 

These lines are entertaining to me.

The super-brainy computer programmer, the scientist, or the nerdy professor is supposed to be a social misfit. He turns up at parties with unkempt hair and disheveled attire and spends the evening hunched up in a corner.

 

 

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