Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature

Jeffrey R Lacasse; Jonathan Leo

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020392

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Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature

Jeffrey R Lacasse,
Jonathan Leo

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Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature

Jeffrey R Lacasse,
Jonathan Leo

Published: November 8, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020392

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Posted by ImInterested on 12 Aug 2009 at 17:27 GMT

I believe that we don't know that a low serotonin level can CAUSE depression but isn't it established that depressed persons have generally a lower serotonin level? I know correlation is not causation just want to know that...

Thank you very much!!

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