William Scott wrote: > The article pointed to by Stephen is interesting and I believe it should be > said in as many places as possible that there is no clear evidence that > depression is caused by the malfunction of serotonin systems. However, I am > perplexed by the suggestion in the article that evidence that SSRI's are > truly effective would have any importance regarding the issue. This is the > argument that pharmaceutical companies have been making. SSRI's relieve > depression. SSRI's act on the serotonin system. Therefore depression is > caused by a serotonin imbalance. It would be the same as arguing that > headaches are caused by a lack of aspirin. > > It isn't science. It's advertising. The aim is not to persuade scientists. It is to persuade potential customers (and the doctors who make money from them).
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