“No convincing evidence” that depression is caused by low serotonin levels

Re:“No convincing evidence” that depression is caused by low... by imtringued on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:48AM (#32162744)

I find the idea that we are born defective to be inherently suspect.

It is quite illogical but very popular because well adapted people can just talk about superior genes and how everyone else has inferior genes and they can never change anything about that except with extensive medical treatment.

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Re:“No convincing evidence” that depression is caused by low... by wpietri on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:58AM (#32165890)

For sure. I've read some really interesting stuff under the "medicalization of deviance" label. A classic example being how homosexuality was treated as a psychological illness because the dominant group saw it as a societal offense.

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