Newly diagnosed with depression

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MS is a 35 year old female that is newly diagnosed with depression. You have started discussing initiating medication with her. She is a 4th grade science teacher and asking you a lot of questions about what this means is happening in her brain. How would you explain to this patient how neurotransmitters work? Including, specifically how they affect mental illness? Which specific neurotransmitters would you address with her as they relate to her depression?

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