This research isn't - strictly speaking - about CPTSD but about major depression and anxiety disorders which are also related to/part of CPTSD in many cases. I hope it's okay to post it here. It caught my interest since I've had episodes of both depression and anxiety myself and they are related to my CPTSD.
http://www.biolmoodanxietydisord.com/content/4/1/10
Depression and anxiety as an infection. :blink:
Thanks for posting keepfighting. I'm not sure what to think on this.
It's certainly out of the box but an interesting approach, I think.
If a (biological) cause could be found, next step would be to look for a treatment that treats the cause instead of just the symptoms.
Wouldn't that be nice?!?
Oh my words, that would be straight out of a daydream. But even if little of practical use were to come out of this, it would still be a fun fact to mention to people of the "oh-just-buck-up-and-you-won't-be-depressed-anymore" school.
Wasn't there some mention about depression and inflammation in this one thread about depression and nutrition? Found it: http://outofthefog.net/C-PTSD/forum/index.php?topic=112.msg693#msg693 (http://outofthefog.net/C-PTSD/forum/index.php?topic=112.msg693#msg693). The mention is in the article BadMemories links to in the first post of that thread.