SCIENCE: There Is No “Depression Gene”!
These commentaries linked below and the JAPA paper discussed (see attached) should be mandatory reading for all health science students, researchers, and educators.
excerpt from commentary 1: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2019/05/10/there-is-no-depression-gene#comment-304197
"This paper should expunge the whole idea of serotonin receptor 5-HTTLPR variations having anything coherent to tell us about human disease. But, it doesn’t stop there: the authors go on to demolish every other “depression gene” connection in the existing psychiatric literature. They went after the whole lot"
excerpt from commentary 2: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/05/07/5-httlpr-a-pointed-review/
"I love this paper because it is ruthless. The authors know exactly what they are doing, and they are clearly enjoying every second of it. This isn’t a research paper. This is a massacre."