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>some chemical missing in the brain Meh, we have been walking down this path for the last 20 years with SSRI's and except for the worst forms of depressions ha
by iSnow 13y ago
>some chemical missing in the brain
Meh, we have been walking down this path for the last 20 years with SSRI's and except for the worst forms of depressions have no real proof that chemical imbalances are a root cause and/or that antidepressants are an effective cure.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/18/new-research-on-the-antidepressant-versus-placebo-debate/ http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/18/new-research-on-the-an...
"some day it will be curable" is the kind of helpless positivism the blog post portraits.
- JackFr 13y agoIndeed. The fact that depression is not transmitted by virus, bacteria or gene and is heavily correlated with cultural context make it a very suspect 'disease' if that word is to have any meaning.
- scotty79 13y agoCultural context determines so many things that influence brain chemistry like diet, sleep patterns, sitmuli patterns, amount an the patterns of stress, air pollution, etc. Depression is probably pretty chemical thing. Just very hard to track because we are pretty lame when it comes to brain chemistry.