Radiation Induced Depression
If you're feeling more depressed than usual and it's not just because yet another nuclear plant has exploded showering the world with radioactive fallout, you may just be experiencing one of the effects of low dose exposure. Increases in suicides of the Japanese people are expected just like the suicide increases surrounding Chernobyl.
Dr. Barry Sears writes, "the best example of a rapid overproduction of free radicals occurs in victims exposed to atomic radiation." Radiation induces depression, not only by attacking the brain directly, but by promoting undesirable hormonal imbalances in the brain. Oxidation produced by free radicals ruins the essential fatty acids as raw materials that the body needs for hormone production. If hormones, such as serotonin and endorphins required for maintaining mental health are disrupted, depression will result.
