Is Anxiety And Depression A Chemical Imbalance?
The theory that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance is often presented by the media as fact, but a new study has found little scientific evidence to support this theory. Researchers looked at published articles on depression and found that reporters who included statements in news articles about depression being caused by a chemical imbalance, or a lack of serotonin in the brain, were unable to provide scientific evidence to support those statements. Scientists say the theory that...
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