00:00 Is depression actually contagious?
00:03 Researchers have tried to answer this question and they've come up with extremely interesting
00:08 results.
00:09 One study looked at a college roommate and found that students started experiencing depressive
00:14 symptoms when a new depressed roommate moved in.
00:19 Another study was done on rats with similar results.
00:23 Depression was induced in a group of rats and when new happy rats were introduced to
00:27 the cage, they quickly developed the same depressive symptoms.
00:32 So is it possible to contract your partner's depression?
00:35 According to the research, it seems like a likely possibility.
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