The Suicidal Brain
Autopsied suicides have shown abysmally low levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that has much to do with mood: depression is treated with drugs like prozac, which does one simple thing: it inhibits the reuptake in the brain of 'used' serotonin, making more serotonin available to the normal operations of the brain, hence, a better mood. Suicide is a product of such deep despair and hopelessness, that the conscious mind can see nothing else. It can care about nothing else, value nothing but to... Sign in to see full entry.