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Rethinking the chemical imbalance theory of mental health

Rethinking the chemical imbalance theory of mental health

It's time to overturn our thinking on anxiety and depression

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Derek Beres
Jun 15, 2020
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Last week, I had a chance to chat with journalist Robert Whitaker, author of Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic. Bob has been warning about the dangers of overprescribing pharmaceuticals for mental health disorders for decades. SSRIs and SNRIs were designed for short-term usage, yet people have been on them for years (and even decades). Recent re…

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