It’s one of a physician’s most challenging situations: determining the root cause of seemingly unrelated symptoms: depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and anhedonia to weight control issues (anorexia and obesity), fatigue, neurodegeneration, poor focus and memory, and lowered pain threshold. And unfortunately, Sickness Syndrome has become a more common occurrence; The research and analyses provided in this section of the Sickness Syndrome informational site offers the necessary scientific substantiation that implicates the syndrome in the diagnosis and treatment of approximately 90% of patients seeking medical care.

The medical seminars, published research articles and peer-reviewed published research studies provided here offer the interested patient and concerned healthcare professional with the necessary background to gain a comprehensive understanding of the pathophysiology of  Sickness Syndrome, as well as the appropriate approach to diagnosing and treating this highly prevalent cause of depression in a large subset of the population.