New study shows SSRIs might not work how you may have thought they did.
After analyzing 17 previous studies consisting of dozens of individual trials since 2010, the University College London study found that there is"no convincing evidence that depression is associated with, or caused by, lower serotonin concentrations or activity."
What does this mean? The study's findings finally confirm what some researchers have been saying for decades: SSRIs don't treat depression by fixing low serotonin levels. With the release of this review, the authors shed light on the high prescribing rates of antidepressants., more than 80 percent of the general public believe that depression is caused by a"chemical imbalance," specifically in serotonin, a theory that's been popular since the 1990s.
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