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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in mental health and I always cringe when people use the chemical imbalance line. Fine if you have a simplistic understanding and need to call it that to differentiate it from being a character flaw but from a professional. I cringe. Chemical imbalance isn't used in the health field in talking about mental illness. As others have said it was a theory that had two intentions - decrease stigma by making mental illness physiological (even if oversimplified and not correct) rather than personal flaw, and 2) to sell medications that 'fix' chemical imbalances. [/quote]

I am the PP that posted on this initially:
Yes! You have explained this better than I did. I also work in mental health and it makes me crazy when people tell me they have a serotonin imbalance, or that depression is caused by gluten, and other nonsense. I also hear is from a relative as an explanation for why she can't go off a very high dose of paxil prescribed for minor depression and anxiety, despite weight gain, constant stomach issues, sexual side effects, etc. At this point paxil is causing most of her problems and she won't even consider a safer SSRI and she continues to get paxil and high doses of benzos from her primary care. Sigh.[/quote]

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