The Ghaemi Psychiatry Podcast

Episode 9: Serotonin hypothesis of depression and the "chemical imbalance" theory: Much ado about little


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The serotonin hypothesis of depression is false and it really doesn't matter much.  The "chemical imbalance" approach to understanding and explaining medications if far too simplistic, to the point of simply being false. 







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