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New study throws into question long-held belief about depression
- lutusp 12y ago1. Prior results show that antidepression drugs don't work for the majority of patients: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0050045 http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fj... 2. The linked result shows that directly manipulating serotonin levels in animals doesn't produce depression. Guess what effect this will have on the worldwide, multi-billion dollar market in SSRI-based and related drugs? If psychology was a medical field, clinicians would be ordered to stop prescribing these ineffective drugs. But don't hold your breath for that outcome.
- sogen 12y agotl;dr: Mice with no serotonin had no effect on depression. Interesting: the mice were compulsive and extremely aggressive.