Posted by Tabitha on August 1, 2016, at 20:02:04
In reply to Re: mercola » Hello321, posted by SLS on August 1, 2016, at 19:01:35
> I am all for novel treatments, whether it be synthesized in a lab or extracted from a botanical. It might be reasonable, though, that science should be applied to drugs and devices to demonstrate efficacy and establish a safety profile.
This. Very well put.
> I don't even know what a chemical imbalance is. This is a primitive conceptualization that has served well to educate the public in the 1980s and 1990s. Few, if any, neuroscientists adhere to such a simple explanation.
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> Chemical imbalance -> not a sufficient model
> Biological dysfunction -> supported by scientific evidence
>Chemical imbalance = popular straw man argument against anti-depressants
Honestly I think I could come up with a better anti-anti-depressant argument than the chemical imbalance spiel. All I would have to do is describe the side effects in vivid detail and leave out the part where the soul-sucking misery finally stops.
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