Chemical Imbalance Fraud

Article 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.
News Item 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.
News Item 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.
Page 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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