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It's important to say that depression has biological underpinnings, and that while medications do not seem to create irreversible changes in the brain, repeated…

— Andrew Solomon

“The results of decades of neurotransmitter-depletion studies point to one inescapable conclusion: low levels or serotonin, norepinephrine or dopamine do not cause depression. here…

— Irving Kirsch

“Many people don’t seem to want a detailed explanation of the changes in brain chemistry, of the depletion of neurotransmitters that we find associated…

— Dr Stefan Cembrowicz

“There is some evidence that chronic severe depression causes some atrophy or shrinkage in the hippocampus. Depressive illness could therefore be seen as a…

— Dr Stefan Cembrowicz

Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an…

— Irving Kirsch

“For the reasons stated above, I am convinced that in a large percentage of cases, depression is the result of a neurotransmitter deficiency which…

— Jonathan V. Wright

“Even if medication relieves some of the burden of depression, it may be functioning like aspirin. That is, it takes away some of the…

— Edward T. Welch

“Depression can be due to a low endocrine function, nutritional deficiencies, blood sugar problems, food allergies, or systemic yeast infection. Depression can also result…

— Chris Prentiss

“Many research studies, as well as my own clinical experience, have confirmed that severely depressed patients who appear very "biologically" depressed with lots of…

— David D. Burns

Depression is not a Prozac deficiency.

— Anonymous

[Psychiatric] drugs have so many side effects because using them to treat a complex psychiatric disorder is a bit like trying to change your…

— Suman Rai

“They worked with the same strain of timid mice that Collins studied, and managed to change the animals' behaviour by feeding them with a…

— Ed Yong