In a new study being published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association, doctors and researchers dispel that there is 'no evidence of an association between the serotin gene and the risk of depression."

This link was hailed as a god-send for doctors and patients alike who believed they were treating and experiencing an 'organic disorder' after a 2003 study reported that there really is a connection between nurture and nature.

The New York Times reports that, "the new report, by several of the most prominent researchers in the field, does not imply that the interactions between genes and life experience are trivial; they almost certainly are, experts agree."

This new report is an interesting turn of events in the medical field of psychiatry and the treatment of emotional disorders, such as depression. It exudes the point that the best practices are ever-evolving as more and better evidence-based medicine and research is discovered.

To read the full article, click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/science/17depress.html?_r=1&ref=health