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CHAPTER 7
Curcumin, Depression and
Other Brain Disorders
C
urcumin’s value in treating dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
opens the door to its considerable value in treating and pre-
venting a variety of other malfunctions of the brain and the neuro-
transmitter system.
DEPRESSION
Over a lifetime, 16.5% of the U.S. adult population (18.8 million
people) suffers from a major depressive disorder and 30% of those
cases are so severe that they impair the ability to work or even to
function in the world in normal terms.
We know that women are 70% more likely to develop depres-
sion, that Caucasians have a 40% higher risk for depression than
African-Americans and that people between the ages of 18 and 29
are at much greater risk of major depressive disorders than people
over 60.
Depression affects children as well. Government statistics show
4.7% of 13- to 18-year-olds suffer from severe mood disorders and
girls are nearly twice as vulnerable as boys. The rate of teen depres-
sion is increasing by an alarming 23% per year.
We’re not talking about the occasional day or even days of
feeling blue. We’re not talking about the normal ups and downs
of life, the loss of a relationship, the loss of a job or even the loss
of a loved one.
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