|
|
|
|
|
| Serotonin System Dysfunction: |
||||
| Independent correlations with suicidal |
||||
| behavior
and depression |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| • | Deficient
serotonergic neurotransmission has been |
||||||||
| hypothesized
as a cause of major depression for 30 |
|||||||||
| years.
Depression is a complex disorder and |
|||||||||
| involves
many brain regions. |
|||||||||
| • | Deficient
serotonergic function is also associated |
||||||||
| with
suicidal behavior. Suicidal behavior involves |
|||||||||
| a
basic decision regarding life or death, likely |
|||||||||
| involving
a small part of the brain. |
|||||||||