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LOOK The Myth of Chemical Imbalance
As presented in countless illustrations in psychiatric and medical journals,
the brain has been dissected, its parts labeled and analyzed, while the public
has been assaulted with the latest psychiatric theories of how the physical
and chemical composition of the brain determines behavior, mental disorders
or disabilities. What is missing, in all this, is scientific fact.
“[T]here are no tests available for assessing the chemical status of a living
person’s brain.” Also, no “biological, anatomical or functional signs have been
found that reliably distinguish the brains of mental patients. “
— Elliot S. Valenstein, Ph.D., Biopsychologist
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