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Psychiatrist Guy Goodwin on the monoamine theory of depression, cognitive behaviour therapy and why some people are more affected by depressions than others.

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'There's been a lot of interest since the 1950s in the brain chemistry that underlies depression: that essentially is the same brain biochemistry that underpins the perception of pain, the understanding of reward and also usually the making of decisions. '

Guy Goodwin, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

Depression: Symptoms and Treatment: serious-science.org/depression-6948
Arts and Public Health: serious-science.org/arts-and-public-health-9725

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