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| Title |
Reconceptualizing major depressive disorder as an infectious disease
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/2045-5380-4-10 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Turhan Canli |
| Abstract |
In this article, I argue for a reconceptualization of major depressive disorder (major depression) as an infectious disease. I suggest that major depression may result from a parasitic, bacterial, or viral infection and present examples that illustrate possible pathways by which these microorganisms could contribute to the etiology of major depression. I also argue that the reconceptualization of the human body as an ecosystem for these microorganisms and the human genome as a host for non-human exogenous sequences may greatly amplify the opportunity to discover genetic links to the illness. Deliberately speculative, this article is intended to stimulate novel research approaches and expand the circle of researchers taking aim at this vexing illness. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 155 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 5% |
| Canada | 4 | 3% |
| Japan | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| Turkey | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 9 | 6% |
| Unknown | 83 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 126 | 81% |
| Scientists | 16 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 126 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Greece | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 117 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 17% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Researcher | 16 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
| Other | 28 | 22% |
| Unknown | 14 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 21% |
| Psychology | 27 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 13% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 21 | 17% |
| Unknown | 20 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 304. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 February 2024.
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