{"id":16916,"date":"2022-08-18T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=16916"},"modified":"2022-08-19T01:51:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T06:51:47","slug":"the-epoch-times-chemical-imbalance-theory-of-depression-hugely-profitable-and-its-not-even-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/the-epoch-times-chemical-imbalance-theory-of-depression-hugely-profitable-and-its-not-even-true\/","title":{"rendered":"The Epoch Times: Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression Hugely Profitable – and It’s Not Even True"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018Chemical Imbalance\u2019 Theory of Depression Hugely Profitable\u2014and It\u2019s Not Even True<\/strong>
\nIgnoring other causes of depression has left millions of Americans without truly effective treatment<\/p>\n

By: MARTHA ROSENBERG
\nPublished: AUGUST 16, 2022<\/p>\n

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“Lexapro appears to relieve the symptoms of depression and anxiety by increasing serotonin,” says an ad on the Bonkers Institute, a website that archives drug ads and also satirizes pharma claims and shaky science.<\/p>\n

“Zoloft works to correct a chemical imbalance in the brain which may be related to symptoms of depression,” another ad says.<\/p>\n

“Paxil CR blocks serotonin from being reabsorbed back into the sending nerve cell. This process increases the availability of serotonin to the receiving nerve cell and may help message [depression] transmission return to normal,” a third ad says.<\/p>\n

As many Epoch Times readers may have heard, the serotonin “chemical imbalance” theory of depression was recently put to rest by a group of University College London (UCL) scientists in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. After reviewing decades of research, there\u2019s no evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for depression, they wrote. In other words, the theory that was the basis for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants and their tremendously profitable franchise was false.<\/p>\n

While the theory has been questioned by scientists for decades, the Molecular Psychiatry research seems to be the final nail in the coffin for the theory\u2014a technical knockout.<\/p>\n

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Read entire article at:<\/strong> theepochtimes.com\/chemical-imbalance-theory-of-depression-hugely-profitable-and-its-not-even-true_4653254.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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