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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Depression is as much a software issue as it is a hardware issue. The “chemical imbalance” theory implies it’s just a hardware issue. But it’s more than that.

You can measure concentrations of chemicals in the body. But you can’t measure what someone is thinking with a lab test.

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