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What causes depression? What we know, don’t know and suspect

By Caroline Gurvich, Associate Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University
Eveline Mu, Research Fellow in Women's Mental Health, Monash University
Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University

The idea that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain is more than half a century old. The reality is more complex.

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