I do like community...and while I prefer to be 'invisible', I don't like to be alone. I want to see the research, now...
Group culture protects from depression
from the Press Release page of The Royal Society
28 Oct 2009
Collectivistic cultures, which promote social harmony over individuality, protect people who are genetically predisposed to depression from experiencing the condition. So says a study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, which looks at how genes and environment can evolve together.
People living in individualistic cultures such as Western societies are more likely to suffer from a genetic tendency for depression than people in Eastern cultures, despite fewer people carrying the specific 'depression gene' being studied, say psychologists Joan Chiao and Katherine Blizinsky from Northwestern University. The research supports the idea that depression can result from both genes and the environment, and an interaction of the two.
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From Snopes.com, Consumer Reports, ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center. Chocolate (Cacao) contains xanthines and theobromines, which, in other -monitored, human- uses, relax the smooth muscles of the upper airways, and phenylethylamine, "which causes blood pressure and blood-sugar levels to rise, resulting in a feeling of alertness and contentment." Dr. Eric H. Chudler @ Washington.edu. Just- not for your pets. So check the bag. Talk to your neighbors.
Antifreeze: tastes sweet, is seriously poisonous to animals and children. Radiators leak; people flush and refill them at home; antifreeze spills or is left in a puddle 'too small to clean up.' It's never to small to clean up. Again, look after yourself and your pets, talk to your neighbors.
Pets are good for people. People with pets are good for neighborhoods. People making connections within their neighborhoods are good for pets.
Pets and mental health @ headcleaners.com; Pets and mental wellness @ oflikeminds.com. Neighborhood Watch for Animals.
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