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Sadness and low levels of depression are adaptive since they lead the individual to try and make up a loss. By contrast, severe or clinical depression is not adaptive, but can be thought of as sadness having become malignant. © 2008 Wolpert; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Wolpert, L. (2008, February 29). Depression in an evolutionary context. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-5341-3-8
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