Saturday, 14 August 2010

Biology and resilience

There is some evidence that people who experience suicidal ideation
may, in general, have more 'damaged' seretonin receptors than those that
don't (J Mann, Neurobiology of suicide). Assuming the science on this is
valid it's also true that people don't act on these urges. This 'layer'
is the psychosocial aspect of mental illness. It's what therapists and
other mental health professionals work on rather than pumping people
full of drugs.

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