According to Britannica, a depressant is a drug, medicine or other agent that slows down the function of vital organs in the body. Alcohol is specifically a central nervous system depressant.

New research suggests we don't understand antidepressants as well as we thought. Source: Anna Shvets/Pexels Depression, we are commonly taught, is the result of a “chemical imbalance”: having lower ...

We've all heard the idea that depression involves a chemical imbalance in the brain. Perhaps it comes from a deficiency in the neurotransmitter serotonin. We've also been told that antidepressants ...

Andrew M McIntosh receives funding from The Wellcome Trust, UK Research and Innovation and the US National Institutes of Health. He is affiliated with the Health Data Research UK Mental Health Data ...