On Dec 8, 2006, at 10:09 AM, Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote:
I was telling students in class that SSRIs are effective for
treating both anxiety and depressive disorders. A student who was
paying attention wanted to know how the same drug can work to help
a disorder that seems to be based on a hyperactive nervous system
and on anoter disorder based on apparently a hypoactive nervous
system.
I gave what I thought was an adequate answer but I'd like to hear
from tipsters.
I tell them that it's a magic potion first concocted by alchemists in
the 13th century. That seems to do the trick!
Jeff
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Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D.
SCC, Division Chair of Social & Behavioral Sciences
MCCCD, General Studies Faculty Representative
"It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply
to serve as a warning to others." (Anonymous)
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