[HTML][HTML] Is the chemical imbalance an 'urban legend'? An exploration of the status of the serotonin theory of depression in the scientific literature

B Ang, M Horowitz, J Moncrieff - SSM-Mental Health, 2022 - Elsevier
… within the scientific and professional literature at the height of … scientific theory deemed
worthy of investigation and dissemination. We undertook an exploration of the scientific literature

[PDF][PDF] Challenging the narrative of chemical imbalance: A look at the evidence

JR Lacasse, J Leo - 2015 - diginole.lib.fsu.edu
… However, in addition to these critiques, it is also important to look at what is not said in the
scientific literature. To our knowledge, there is not a single peer-reviewed article that can be …

The chemical imbalance hypothesis: An evaluation of the evidence.

W Schultz - Ethical Human Psychology & Psychiatry, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
… However, even leaving aside the philosophical objections mentioned earlier, appeals to
future science seem to forget that even our hardest science, physics, poses challenges for …

The media and the chemical imbalance theory of depression

J Leo, JR Lacasse - Society, 2008 - Springer
… Many newspapers and websites continue to mention “chemical imbalances” as if there is
an abundance of evidence in the scientific literature. Several authors claimed that there were …

The chemical imbalance explanation of depression: Reducing blame at what cost?

BJ Deacon, GL Baird - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 2009 - Guilford Press
… are suffering from a chemical imbalance feel less blame for … largely unanswered in the
scientific literature. The brain disease … Compared to the somewhat inconsistent literature on the …

[PDF][PDF] Antidepressants and the chemical imbalance theory of depression: A reflection and update on the discourse

JR Lacasse, J Leo - The Behavior Therapist, 2015 - diginole.lib.fsu.edu
… Such statements need to be evaluated in light of the existing literature (see Table 1). In …
scientific uncertainty about the issue could reflect a lack of familiarity with the scientific literature, …

[PDF][PDF] Chemical imbalance and mental health

R Gorjup, T Makovec - Journal of Clinical Review & Case …, 2021 - opastpublishers.com
… do we need an Institute for Scientific Freedom?; Is it possible … scientific censorship in
psychiatry; Academic oppression and other impediments to informing about nutrition; Open science, …

Effects of a chemical imbalance causal explanation on individuals' perceptions of their depressive symptoms

JJ Kemp, JJ Lickel, BJ Deacon - Behaviour research and therapy, 2014 - Elsevier
literature highlighting the unhelpful and potentially iatrogenic effects of attributing depressive
symptoms to a chemical imbalance. … As an alternative approach, clinicians, scientists, and …

On Chemical Imbalances, Antidepressants, and the Diagnosis of Depression.

AM Leventhal, DO Antonuccio - Ethical Human Psychology …, 2009 - search.ebscohost.com
… Antidepressant medication, the most prevalent treatment for depression, is prescribed in an
effort to alter this so-called chemical imbalance. However, a review of the scientific literature

Psychological issues in treatment of the “chemical imbalance

SN Lurie - American journal of psychotherapy, 1991 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Literary examples of this can also be found: Camus' The Rebel whose credo is "I rebel - …
However, these techniques too are limited and in our excitement at the advance of science and …