Background Public perceptions of mental illness are increasingly construed in
neurobiological and genetic terms. Accumulating evidence suggests there are some …

Although the chemical imbalance theory is the dominant causal explanation of depression in
the United States, little is known about the effects of this explanation on depressed …

Brain disease models of psychopathology, such as the popular “chemical imbalance”
explanation of depression, have been widely disseminated in an attempt to reduce the …

Objective: Previous research has shown that biological (eg, genetic, biochemical) accounts
of depression—currently in ascendancy—are linked to the general public's pessimism about …

Objective It is unclear whether different biogenetic causal beliefs affect stigmatization of
mentally-ill patients differently. It has been argued that in particular believing in a 'chemical …

Background The beliefs of people receiving treatment about the causes of their own mental
health problems are researched less often than the causal beliefs of the public, but have …

When a client asks whether her or his depression is caused by a chemical imbalance, how
do you respond? Depression is regularly depicted in popular media as resulting from a" …

Background Public beliefs about the causes of mental health problems are related to desire
for distance and pessimism about recovery, and are therefore frequently studied. The beliefs …

The author debunks the chemical imbalance myths about mood disorders and explores bio-
psycho socio cultural (BPS) models as causal processes involved in major depression …

Background: There is a growing trend to view depression as a biological illness rather than
a psychosocial condition, even though there is no consensus as to what causes depression …