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Please don't quote with code blocks. Requoted: > “This study can’t prove that chronic psychosocial stress causes mental illness or substance abuse later in lif
by pitaj 7y ago
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> “This study can’t prove that chronic psychosocial stress causes mental illness or substance abuse later in life by lowering dopamine levels,” Dr Bloomfield cautions. “But we have provided a plausible mechanism for how chronic stress may increase the risk of mental illnesses by altering the brain’s dopamine system.”