Assertion: depression | /r/CreatedBy | a chemical imbalance
Facets:
value: in neurotransmitters in the brain
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the mid-20th century, researchers theorized that depression was caused by a chemical imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain, a theory based on observations made in the 1950s of the effects of reserpine and isoniazid in altering monoamine neurotransmitter levels and affecting depressive symptoms.
text: One study found that when people were told their depression was caused by a chemical imbalance, they showed more about recovering.
text: In the mid-20th century, researchers theorized that depression was caused by a chemical imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain, a theory based on observations made in the 1950s of the effects of reserpine and isoniazid in altering monoamine neurotransmitter levels and affecting depressive symptoms.