• PLoS medicine · Dec 2005

    Review

    Serotonin and depression: a disconnect between the advertisements and the scientific literature.

    • Jeffrey R Lacasse and Jonathan Leo.
    • Florida State University College of Social Work, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America.
    • PLoS Med. 2005 Dec 1; 2 (12): e392e392.

    AbstractMany ads for SSRI antidepressants claim that the drugs boost brain serotonin levels. Lacasse and Leo argue there is little scientific evidence to support this claim.

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