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Three Books about the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Mental Illness

A discussion of Sharon Angell’s two-part article from the New York Review of Books, in which she discusses recent volumes by Robert Whitaker, Irving Kirsch and Daniel Carlat addressing the chemical imbalance theory of mental illness, along with the influence of Big Pharma upon the psychiatric profession.

Published June 25, 2011
Categorized as Society and Culture, The Medicalization of Mental Health Tagged chemical imbalance
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