Beyond the Chemical Imbalance: Rethinking Depression and Anxiety

• By: Victoria Sanders, LMFT 52610, PhD VMS Family Counseling Services
• September 29th, 2025
• attachment theory, brain body connection, depression and anxiety, Fall 2025 Issue, gut brain axis, healing relationships, neurotransmitters, self-compassion, serotonin
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For decades, much of the mental health field has operated under the assumption that certain individuals simply do not produce “enough” of a particular neurotransmitter, and that the most effective way to address this imbalance is through medication, supplemented by therapy focused on...

Relief from Decades of Treatment-Resistant Depression Comes with Metabolite Replacement Therapy Trial

• By: Fatima Bhojani Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)
• July 1st, 2018
• cerebral folate deficiency, folate deficiency, major depression, metabolic disorders, neurotransmitters, serotonin, suicidal ideation, treatment resistant depression
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Bruce had tried everything. And yet, for three decades, he could not find any relief from his debilitating depression and suicidal thoughts. Twenty medications. Electroconvulsive therapy. Countless hours of counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy. Nothing had worked. Of the 15 million...