Eli5: why is there no test for the “chemical imbalance” that is often mentioned for depression?

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Eli5: why is there no test for the “chemical imbalance” that is often mentioned for depression?

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Because it is not a medical diagnosis. It is an excuse for the pharmaceutical companies to sell you drugs, based on the idea that our moods and emotions are based on nothing but chemicals. There is an absolutely unbelievable amount of money being made off of this idea.

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