What kind of chemical imbalance does the brain have when an individual suffers from severe depression?

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What kind of chemical imbalance does the brain have when an individual suffers from severe depression?

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Answer 1

There’s no simple or established answer for this. We see some correlations between _various_ levels of _various_ neurotransmitters — sometimes there’s too much, sometimes too little. Basically, it can be a lot of things.

It’s important to note that, again, these are _correlations_, not the _cause_ of any mental disorder. We still don’t know the causes for many of them, including depression.