Jason Larea says depression is not just a chemical problem in the brain, but it's a combination of events how people react emotionally to life. Some bodies such as the national institute of health care excellence in britain do not recommend untedepressons as the first line of treatment for milder cases of depression. They encourage doctors to talk to patients to try to work out what might be causing their depression and then find ways to help them without drugs.
Russia cut the gas flowing through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline by half in what many see as retaliation for Europe’s support of Ukraine. EU energy ministers
fear further cuts as winter approaches. A new research review
suggests the decades-long reliance on SSRIs to treat depression was based on a false premise. And why
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