It’s wild to think that our understanding of the human mind and the treatment of mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia is still in its relative infancy.
After all, the first neurotransmitter was only discovered in the 1930s, and it took until the late 20th century for us to implement widespread reform in psychiatric hospitalization, or institutionalization.
Even now, our understanding of the mind is limited, such as in the case of treatment-resistant depression. Studies have found that treatment-resistant depression affects around 30% of people living with major depressive disorder (MDD), or around 230 million people worldwide.
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