[cgriswald]

> Well, I think it is safe to assume that Long Term Happiness changes the brain "permanently" in the same manner.

That would be a poor assumption. The "change" that was observed by the researchers was an increase in the amount of a protein which is an indicator for brain inflammation. Per the article, you see the same type of inflammation with diseases like Alzheimers. The takeaway is that depression is a progressive illness and current treatment doesn't address this progression.

[devmunchies]

> current treatment doesn't address this progression

I myself would rather see a prevention than a treatment. But there is no money in preventative care.

[Broken_Hippo]

"But there is no money in preventative care"

Yes, there is. You just aren't looking in the right places.

Employers. Employees. Insurance companies and those that pay for insurance. Governments that provide health care to some or all of its citizens. Taxpayers that fund those programs.

[Groxx]

That's great to hear!

Can I bill you for the difference between what I pay for preventative care after insurance, vs what this implies the cost should be?

[lactau]

There is nothing about inflammation or Alzheimers in the title or anything else that would provide any kind of information. "Permanently changes the brain" is a meaningless buzzword.

[jakelazaroff]

Barely even 100 words in:

> The research shows that people with longer periods of untreated depression, lasting more than a decade, had significantly more brain inflammation compared to those who had less than 10 years of untreated depression.

[aje403]

I don't intend to shitpost but I think it's a good idea to question the usage of the word "significant" almost immediately unless it's coming from a physics or statistics PhD.

[iamcurious]

That is the opposite of a shitpost.