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Chemical Imbalance Fraud

Advertisements for SSRIs May Be Misleading: Medscape reviews an essay in a peer-reviewed medical journal that debunks the "chemical imbalance" myth promoted by psychiatric drug industry.
Researchers Debunk Psychiatry's 'Chemical Imbalance' Ads: A peer-reviewed medical journal runs an essay showing that claims by psychiatric drug industry about a "chemical imbalance" are unproven.
More media articles about fraud in psychiatric drug ads: Wall St. Journal, United Press International, WebMD and Time Magazine Pacific all cover the story that researchers have debunked the "chemical imbalance" claim of psychiatric drug manufacturers.
Pharmentalism: MindFreedom Editorial: What is a "pharmentalist"? A pharmaceutical fundamentalist believes we can reduce some of life's most complex problems down to a simple level of a genetically-caused chemical imbalance. This "pharmentalism" can be harmful to our planet's health.

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Jim Gottstein of PsychRights

Jim Gottstein is a psychiatric survivor who is also a Harvard-trained attorney, and founder of MindFreedom Sponsor Group PsychRights. Jim blew the whistle on Eli Lilly by releasing their secret documents about the psychiatric drug Zyprexa to The New York Times. Jim is also president of National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA) a founding Sponsor Group of MFI.