Social workers play an important role in helping clients understand the evidence base on
which treatment options and choices are made. This study investigates social workers' use …

ABSTRACT Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is poorly understood and frequently
diagnosed in mental health practice. Qualitative thematic analysis from interviews with 20 …

The idea of a “chemical imbalance” underlying mental disorder is pervasive in our society. In
particular, the idea that clinical depression is caused by an imbalance of the …

Etiological beliefs of depression have differing impacts on motivation, hope, and treatment
expectations. However, it is unclear where people are exposed to these beliefs. Objective …

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 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 …

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

Depression is a condition that is routinely diagnosed; however, controversies about the
diagnosis remain. Some argue that depression goes undiagnosed, while others argue that …

Might the attitudes of health care professionals help to explain why most persons with a
depressive disorder do not receive adequate care? To assess this question, the authors …

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