No, Mental Illness Isn’t “Caused” by Chemicals in the Brain

Biology is how our moods and mental states are expressed, but it’s not the root cause of them.

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I was listening to an advice podcast this morning that I really enjoy (Danny Lavery’s Big Mood Little Mood), and the subject of depression’s manifold causes came up. The advice-seeker was a listless and…