SSRIs Exposed: No evidence that depression is caused by low serotonin levels

[Brian4Liberty]

Tucker Carlson: "It turns out the entire premise behind the most commonly prescribed antidepressant drugs appears to be completely wrong."

No evidence that depression is caused by low serotonin levels, finds comprehensive review
20 July 2022

The new umbrella review – an overview of existing meta-analyses and systematic reviews – published in Molecular Psychiatry, suggests that depression is not likely caused by a chemical imbalance, and calls into question what antidepressants do. Most antidepressants are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which were originally said to work by correcting abnormally low serotonin levels. There is no other accepted pharmacological mechanism by which antidepressants affect the symptoms of depression.

Lead author Professor Joanna Moncrieff, a Professor of Psychiatry at UCL and a consultant psychiatrist at North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), said: “It is always difficult to prove a negative, but I think we can safely say that after a vast amount of research conducted over several decades, there is no convincing evidence that depression is caused by serotonin abnormalities, particularly by lower levels or reduced activity of serotonin.

“The popularity of the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of depression has coincided with a huge increase in the use of antidepressants. Prescriptions for antidepressants have risen dramatically since the 1990s, with one in six adults in England and 2% of teenagers now being prescribed an antidepressant in a given year.

“Many people take antidepressants because they have been led to believe their depression has a biochemical cause, but this new research suggests this belief is not grounded in evidence.”
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More: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/jul...w-serotonin-levels-finds-comprehensive-review

 

[pcosmar]

What if it was Intended to create Killers..?

then it would be working as expected.

CIA Requested drug manufactures to develop a list of special purpose drugs. (documented)

I am convinced this whole range of Hypnotics was for that purpose.

 

[donnay]

I posted this thread a couple of days ago: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...harmful-side-effects-for-decades-when-there-s

I have been railing about this since the 1980's when they were pushing children on these drugs for the so-called "Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)."

 

[WisconsinLiberty]

Snared by Drug Companies

Drug companies are cashing in on the epidemic of mental illness spawned by the psychiatric industry. But is this a case of the cure being worse than the disease?


The New American
March 24, 2014

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Peter Gotzsche, medical researcher at Denmark’s Nordic Cochrane Centre, published an article in January explaining that, contrary to popular opinion, mental illness is not caused by imbalances of chemicals called neurotransmitters that allow brain cells to communicate. Study after study shows that, for example, people diagnosed with depression do not suffer from a serotonin deficiency, and schizophrenia patients do not have too much dopamine. However, introducing psychiatric drugs launches an artificial imbalance of these neurotransmitters, and the brain fights to stabilize the situation.
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Full Article:
https://thenewamerican.com/snared-by-drug-companies/