chemical imbalance

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A popular term of uncertain utility, which refers to the as-yet unconfirmed posit that many, if not all, mental disorders are attributable to a disequilibrium of one or more neurotransmitters

chemical imbalance

Psychology A popular term of uncertain utility, which refers to a belief that many, if not all, mental disorders are attributable to a disequilibrium of one or more neurotransmitters
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They discuss the discovery of chlorpromazine and the development of the chemical imbalance theory of mental illness, including the dopamine theory of schizophrenia and the serotonin theory of depression.
Doctoring the Mind
The contributing authors explore evidence of environmental influence and the developing brain to try to counteract the pervading myth of the "chemical imbalance theory." Also discussed is the relationship between a parent's cell phone use and early brain development.
The Science and Pseudoscience of Children's Mental Health: Cutting Edge Research and Treatment
Some readers may take issue with her contention that chemical imbalance theory "is on just as shaky ground as Charcot's elusive lesion" (305).
Hustvedt, Asti. Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
David Oaks (letters, July 30) argues in support of Tom Cruise's claim that the chemical imbalance theory, and psychiatry in general, are merely pseudoscience.
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG
In June, actor Tom Cruise criticized the chemical imbalance theory of psychiatry as pseudoscience.
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG

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