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soniaI always thought it was more complicated, but I didn't realize there was no evidence! Chemical imbalance myth takes a big public fall, by Monica Cassini. Lots of links and references in the post, including one to this detailed post: The chemical imbalance myth: by Chris Kresser.
Drug companies use the chemical imbalance myth to boost their profits. Psychiatrists use the chemical imbalance myth to hide the fact that they don't understand how (or if) the prescribed drugs work.
I understand that psychiatric drugs help many people and I'm glad they're available for those who find them useful. I wish there weren't lies involved, and I wish other modes of treatment were as readily available.
viatim, How To Do Things: Some Preliminary Notes, who says, "[T]he neat, tidy story that such illnesses are the result of random brain misfirings shifts blame from a society that enables systematic abuse of children and everyone else placed in a position of lesser power, onto individuals who can be deemed as defective and disregarded."
Drug companies use the chemical imbalance myth to boost their profits. Psychiatrists use the chemical imbalance myth to hide the fact that they don't understand how (or if) the prescribed drugs work.
I understand that psychiatric drugs help many people and I'm glad they're available for those who find them useful. I wish there weren't lies involved, and I wish other modes of treatment were as readily available.
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tim, How To Do Things: Some Preliminary Notes, who says, "[T]he neat, tidy story that such illnesses are the result of random brain misfirings shifts blame from a society that enables systematic abuse of children and everyone else placed in a position of lesser power, onto individuals who can be deemed as defective and disregarded."
