The Effects of Antidepressants on the Brain

Do we know exactly what they're doing to the brain, these treatments? Is it just that they boost the levels of certain chemistries and certain neurochemicals and this immediately makes people feel better? Or do they change the way that the brain is wired? Do we have any clear picture yet of what the drugs are doing? Yes, to some extent. The thing that we know most convincingly is that the treatments work. Exactly how they work, there is uncertainty.

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