If you have heard that depression is a “chemical imbalance”, it is a lie: science today has serious doubts

If you have heard that depression is a “chemical imbalance”, it is a lie: science today has serious doubts


Depression can be caused by a series of different factors




Depression is a serious disease characterized causing significant changes in the mood of individuals, such as profound sadness and discouragement. For decades, common sense has maintained the idea that the main cause of the disease would be connected to AA Chemical imbalance in the braincaused by decrease serotonin levels, dopamine AND norepinephrine. However, recent research have taken a look at this hypothesis.

A study conducted by scientists of University College London, in the United Kingdom and published in the magazine Psychiatry molecularIndicated that low levels of serotonin are not the cause of depression. The conclusion generated controversy in the academic world and more controversies than any other recent neuroscience article. So understand what the covered points were in the study and what the main causes of depression would be:

The study reveals that depression may not be caused by a cerebral chemical imbalance

For decades, the most accepted explanation for the causes of depression was the so called “hypothesis of serotonin”, a theory that suggests that the Depression is associated with reduced levels of serotonin in the brain. The hypothesis emerged in the 1960s, based on the observation of antidepressant remedies, such as Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil. The logic was: if the selective reuptake inhibitors of serotonin (SSR) increased the levels of this neurotransmitter in the synaptic crack and the function for many patients, the cause of the depression could be …

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