Determining the Cause of Depression

Rates of of depression, anxiety and suicide are at an all time high. While it might be easy to blame worldly events such as the pandemic and all its fall out, other causative theories are worth considering. Since naturopathic medicine aims to identify the cause of disease, taking a holistic approach to possible etiologies is important.

One theory, called the cytokine theory of depression, posits that depression may be linked to inflammation.