YOU GOT IT WRONG - Rethink

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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Article ~ Schizoaffective disorder - Causes

Quote ~ “What causes schizoaffective disorder? Psychiatrists do not know what causes schizoaffective disorder. But we do know that you will have a chemical imbalance in your brain if you have the condition.”

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Patricia Casey

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)


Prof Patricia Casey

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Professor Casey is Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Adult Psychiatry, UCD and Consultant Psychiatrist in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. She is the author of 11 books, including Psychiatry and the Law, a Guide to Psychiatry in Primary Care and is co-editor of the book Stress and Trauma Related Disorder, which has been published by American Psychiatric Publishing (APP) (Casey & Strain) in 2016. She is now writing Adjustment Disorder: From Controversy to Clinical Practice, for publication by Oxford University Press in late 2016. She has published over 120 papers in peer reviewed journals. Her research interests include suicidal behaviour and adjustment disorders. She is Editor of BJPsych Advances (published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London) since September 2012. She is a regular contributor to the media and writes a weekly column for the Irish Independent (Mind and Meaning).

Article ~ Mind Yourself - depression and stress

Quote ~ “Depression occurs mainly in young women and it is important to be aware that it is not associated with the menopause. Depression can occur in children as young as five years. Some people have a chemical predisposition to depression.”

Publication ~ Irish Health

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Priory

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)


Priory

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Priory is the leading independent provider of behavioural care in the UK. The Group currently treats more than 70 different conditions through a nationwide network of over 450 facilities that support service user’s health, care, education and specialised needs.

Article ~ Depression treatment and help

Quote ~ “At the Priory we offer tailored depression treatment programmes for individuals, based on their medical history and personal experience. A specialist consultant will oversee your treatment, which will usually include a course of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and may also include medication to restore the chemical imbalance in your brain’s limbic system.”

Publication ~ Priory

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