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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] Thank you. I'm not a mental health professional, but I also always cringe when people throw out the "chemical imbalance" argument in order to give the impression that all you need to do is pop a pill. Diet, however, isn't the answer either.[/quote]
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