Have you ever seen a chameleon in its natural setting? I have, and the actuality is not nearly as exciting as the anticipation. Despite having an ability to transmogrify its appearance in a way that would excite every fashion designer, the chameleon does not glorify this asset, but sits passively, looking generally apathetic and, from my anthropomorphic viewpoint, seems sluggishly and conspicuously depressed. Perhaps this is apposite, as depression can appear in so many different forms. In this issue we see the chameleon of depression in at least four different colours: the deep, almost indelible, ultramarine of resistant depression (Fekadu et al, pp. 369-375); the chiaroscuro of bipolar depression (Tohen et al, pp. 376-382); the common or garden grey of standard depression (Kjaergaard et al, pp. 360-368); and the unusual scarlet of depression generated by cardiovascular disease (de Jongh & Roest, pp. 337-338; Aberg et al, pp. 352-359).
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