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Many think too little serotonin causes depression and antidepressants can fix that. But psychiatrists stopped believing that theory long ago
TUESDAY, Sept. 6, 2022 (HealthDay Now) -- For Mary Christ, the idea that depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain has always felt true to her personal experience.
A more detailed critical evaluation of MD molecular genetic studies, which have failed to discover genes shown to cause MD.
Recent study finding antidepressants beat placebo for 15% doesn’t account for study unblinding and includes only extremely short-term data.
The FDA approval for the twice-daily pill comes just three months after the publication of positive results of a clinical trial, where it was compared against a placebo.