Amine hypothesis evaluation
- Created by: hannah kingham
- Created on: 17-03-16 11:25
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- Amine hypothesis evaluation
- Drugs only help the symptoms and don't 'cure' the depression
- suggests psychological factors as well as biological
- are fluctuations in neurotransmitters the cause or an effect?
- negative side effects with drug e.g. nausea
- There are newer drugs which don't affect neurotransmitters but relieve depression
- suggests a more complex system than the amine hypothesis suggests
- everyone is affected by anti depressants in different ways (individual difference)
- Drugs take a few weeks to have an effect, suggesting a weak point
- women are subject to more fluctuating hormones, which would explain why they have higher rates of depression
- Klimek- depressed people have an abnormal brain structure which could affect neurotransmitters
- Drugs only help the symptoms and don't 'cure' the depression
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