Functional Disability and Social Conflict Increase Risk of Depression in Older Adulthood Among Bolivian Forager-Farmers

Discussion. Tsimane depression is associated with disability, reduced subsistence productivity, and interpersonal conflict, all of which can disrupt resource flows. Depression appears to be a response to conditions regularly experienced over human history, and not simply a by-product of modernity.

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Source: Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - October 10, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Stieglitz, J., Schniter, E., von Rueden, C., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research