The Brain Circuit Model of Depression

You have heard depression described as a “chemical imbalance,” as if our brains were some sort of soup that could be brought back into balance by pouring in the right additives. It is far more accurate, instead, to think of depression as a breakdown in our neural circuitry. In this context, depression and other “psychiatric” disorders have a relationship to movement disorders that are the normal province of...

Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - April 30, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs