YOU GOT IT WRONG - Bingham HealthCare

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Bingham HealthCare

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Bingham Healthcare is a non-profit health system located in East Idaho. As the largest network of doctors, surgeons and specialists in the region, our services include a growing number of hospitals, surgery centers, and physician offices in Idaho Falls, Ammon, Shelley, Blackfoot, Chubbuck, and Pocatello, Idaho. 

Article: The lowdown on signs of depression

Quote: “Depression is more than having sad thoughts after a negative event. It can be triggered by brain chemical imbalance, negative thinking patterns, certain illnesses or medications, family history or — sometimes — no apparent reason at all.”

Publication ~ Bingham News Chronicle

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Felicity Paterson

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Felicity Paterson

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Felicity Paterson is an occupational health nurse and runs F J Paterson Occupational Health in Oldmeldrum, Scotland.

Article: ‘Having to deal with my own disabilities has improved how I approach my OH practice’

Quote: “You would think, being a nurse, I would have noticed the signs of depression in myself. But when you are thick in the middle of it, it is near-to-impossible to step outside of yourself and rationalise your thoughts. After all, depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain.”

Publication ~ Personnel Today

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Dr Jai Ranjan Ram

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Dr Jai Ranjan Ram

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Dr Jai Ranjan Ram is, according to his online profile, one of the best Psychiatrist in West Bengal. Dr. Jai Ranjan has a vast experience of 22 years in this field and has worked as a Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, West Berkshire Priority Care NHS Trust, Senior Registrar in Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Leigh House Hospital, Winchester, Senior Registrar, Brookvale Adolescent Service Southampton, Senior Registrar, Child & Family Therapy Service, Portsmouth, Registrar, St David’s Hospital, Carmarthen, Senior House Officer, St David’s Hospital, Carmarthen 

Years of experience: 17 years Years of experience with Apollo: 3.5 years apollo hospital -2002-till date, consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist wakefield & potefract community NHS Trust,UK.

Article: When the mind plays games

Quote: “People fail to understand that depression is but a chemical imbalance in the brain, not under anyone’s control”

Publication ~ Telegraph (India)

Read what the experts say HERE

YOU GOT IT WRONG - Dr. Lindsay Israel

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Dr. Lindsay Israel

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Dr. Israel completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida and jumped right into her 7-year medical program at the University of Florida College of Medicine where she was one of 12 students to be admitted into the Junior Honors Medical Program. After completing her residency, fellowship, and training programs for psychiatry, she opened her very own private practice.

For five years Dr. Israel practiced as a child psychiatrist and became the go-to psychiatrist for active-duty Navy families.

Article: How to tell the difference between chemical imbalances and traumatic event responses

Quote: “Trauma can actually trigger changes to neurotransmitter levels in the brain. If you’re experiencing depression or anxiety, you’re dealing with a chemical imbalance — even if you’ve never had a similar issue before.”

Publication ~ Healthline

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Alex Dimitriu

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Alex Dimitriu**

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Rebecca Cairns is a freelance journalist based in Hong Kong, covering stories on health and wellness from mental well-being to medical science. She has been published online and in-print with Time Out, Travel+Leisure, Tatler, Compare Retreats, Fodor’s Travel Guide, Matador Network, and more.

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**The article was medically reviewed by Alex Dimitriu, MD, psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine

Article: Am I depressed? Take our quiz to gauge your symptoms and find the right treatment

Quote: “Medication can also be an effective treatment for depression, usually in addition to therapy. That's because depression is thought to be caused by a chemical imbalance in the body, and antidepressants help to combat this imbalance.”

Publication ~ Insider

Read what the experts say HERE