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'monoamine hypothesis' bio explanation of depression - Coggle…
'monoamine hypothesis' bio explanation of depression
dopamine
motivation
reward
attention
pleasure
serotonin
wellbeing
appetite
sleep
mood
noradrenaline
heart rate
attention
energy
fight or flight
alertness
general
states that monoamines exist in lower levels of depressed patients
antidepressants work by increasing levels of one or more monoamines and ease symptoms of depression
decreased levels of: serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline
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no victim blaming compared to cog explanation
scientific: observable, measurable, testable
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deterministic
ignores cog factors
reductionist
uses a lot of correlation data- causation? what causes what?