Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior

Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior by foverzar on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:49PM (#29866162)

These medications don't really address your condition, but rather just treat symptoms.

IMO, the fear is not really about short-term negatives, but about it turning into drug abuse, without actually tackling the root cause.

Such drugs should only be used in extreme cases.

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Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior by 0xcde4c3db on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:46PM (#29866687)

I'm not exactly an expert on psychiatry, but I've looked around quite a bit and have yet to see any method claiming to treat "the root cause" whose evidence base isn't even sketchier than that of SSRIs.

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Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior by nradov on Sunday January 09, 2022 @08:07PM (#29869325)

The problem is that there appear to be so many different root causes.

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Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior by tsol on Sunday January 09, 2022 @04:47PM (#29867640)

What is the root cause of depression? That's a huge subject, and for some people even with community and a job and hobby they still feel depressed. Sometimes the underlying condition really is a chemical imbalance.

For example, adverse childhood experiences are highly correlated with depression. What's the underlying problem to tackle with a 50 year old adult who is depressed as a result of abuse as a child? Some things just change you and no amount of therapy can undo that

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Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior by bdowling on Sunday January 09, 2022 @07:06PM (#29868889)

A cast doesn't address the cause of a broken arm. Should we only use casts in extreme cases?

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