Reddit reviews Blaming the Brain: The Truth About Drugs and Mental Health

There is no evidence that SSRIs work by correcting any chemical imbalances, thats a marketing myth from the pharmaceutical companies that makes people feel more comfortable with taking antidepressants. There's also very little or no evidence that show any link between chemical imbalances in the brain and depression or any other mental disorder.

http://chriskresser.com/the-chemical-imbalance-myth

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020392

http://www.amazon.com/Blaming-Brain-Truth-Mental-Health/dp/0743237870/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214846996&sr=8-1

"FDA Psychopharm Advisory Chair Acknowledges No Evidence for SSRI Chemical
Imbalance Claims:
Tuesday, 14 March 2006-
"Biological psychiatrists have looked very closely for a serotonin imbalance or dysfunction in patients with depression or
obsessive compulsive disorder and, to date, it has been elusive," says Dr. Wayne Goodman, Chair of the US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee."

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