Is Depression a Chemical Imbalance?

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

David J Puder

Science, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we welcome back Dr. Michael Cummings to discuss a new study that explores the idea that depression may not be merely a chemical imbalance. This episode covers the origin of belief in the connection of depression with a chemical imbalance, the new study that has created questions surrounding the efficacy of antidepressants, and a holistic view on the treatment of depression.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Psychiatry and Psychothermic Podcast.
0:12.2	I'm here to talk about getting rid of burnout, increasing job satisfaction, and feeling
0:16.6	like an expert in what you do.
0:18.6	One thing that created a lot of burnout and angst for me was trying to get continued
0:21.7	medical education right at the last minute.
0:24.2	So why not join the CME membership and do CME while listening to this podcast?
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0:32.6	is emailed to you in seconds.
0:34.6	All right, welcome back to the podcast.
0:36.8	I am joined today with Dr. Cummings, Dr. Cummings, and I have no conflicts of interest.
0:42.9	Dr. Cummings, welcome back to the show.
0:44.9	Hello.
0:45.9	Glad to be back.
0:47.9	Indeed, it should be an interesting show today.
0:51.1	Yeah.
0:52.1	Today we're going to be talking about a recent paper that came out in Nature magazine.
0:57.6	It was titled The Serotonin Theory of Depression, A Systematic Umbrella Review of the Evidence
1:06.3	by Monster Chef at all, just 2022.
1:12.6	And in this article, the author concludes the main area of serotonin research provide
1:18.7	no consistent evidence of their being an association between serotonin and depression
1:25.6	and no support for the hypothesis that depression is caused by lower serotonin activity or concentrations.
1:33.7	Further, he says some evidence was consistent with the possibility that long-term antidepressant
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