If depression isn't caused by a chemical imbalance, why does everyone think it is?

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WITH:
P.E. Moskowitz
Micha Frazer-Carroll

AND INFORMED BY:

Breaking Off My Chemical Romance - The Nation

Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit - The New York Times

Emotional Blunting, No Libido, No Life - by P.E. Moskowitz

Keep the antidepressants away. New study says chemical imbalance in brain isn't causing depression - The Economic Times

The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? - New York Review of Books

The Illusions of Psychiatry - The New York Review of Books

Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health by Micha Frazer-Carroll 

DSM History - Psychiatry.org

How do new disorders get into the DSM? - Slate

Delusions of Progress: Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual - Los Angeles Review of Books

“Scientific Nightmare”: The Backstory of the “DSM” - Los Angeles Review of Books

Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker

With Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel blew open the memoir as we know it - BBC

Prozac Nation (2001) 

Prozac: Revolution in a Capsule - The New York Times

How Prozac entered the lexicon - BBC News

Renamed Prozac Fuels Women's Health Debate - Washington Post

After the Boom, No Reason to Smile - Barron's

Something Happened to U.S. Drug Costs in the 1990s - The New York Times

Conflicts of interest and DSM-5: the media reaction - Speaking of Medicine and Health

Many authors of psychiatry bible have industry ties - New Scientist

Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5-TR: cross sectional analysis - The BMJ

If depression isn't caused by a chemical imbalance, why does everyone think it is?
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WITH:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://moskowitz.xyz/">P.E. Moskowitz</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.michafrazercarroll.com/">Micha Frazer-Carroll</a></li>
</ul>
AND INFORMED BY:
<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ssri-antidepressant-side-effects/">Breaking Off My Chemical Romance - The Nation</a> 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/health/antidepressants-withdrawal-prozac-cymbalta.html">Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit - The New York Times</a>
<a href="https://mentalhellth.xyz/p/like-having-sex-with-someone-elses?utm_source=publication-search">Emotional Blunting, No Libido, No Life - by P.E. Moskowitz</a>
<a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/keep-the-antidepressants-away-new-study-says-chemical-imbalance-in-brain-isnt-causing-depression/articleshow/93029558.cms?from=mdr">Keep the antidepressants away. New study says chemical imbalance in brain isn't causing depression - The Economic Times</a>  
<a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/06/23/epidemic-mental-illness-why">The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? - New York Review of Books</a> 
<a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/07/14/illusions-of-psychiatry/?pagination=false">The Illusions of Psychiatry - The New York Review of Books</a> 
<a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745346717/mad-world/">Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health</a> by Micha Frazer-Carroll 
<a href="https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/about-dsm/history-of-the-dsm#:~:text=In%202007%2C%20APA%20formed%20the,5%20was%20published%20in%202013">DSM History - Psychiatry.org</a> 
<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/05/how-do-new-disorders-get-into-the-dsm.html">How do new disorders get into the DSM? - Slate</a> 
<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/delusions-of-progress-psychiatrys-diagnostic-manual/">Delusions of Progress: Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual - Los Angeles Review of Books</a>
<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/scientific-nightmare-the-backstory-of-the-dsm/">“Scientific Nightmare”: The Backstory of the “DSM” - Los Angeles Review of Books</a> 
<a href="https://robertwhitakerbooks.com/anatomy-of-an-epidemic/">Anatomy of an Epidemic</a> by Robert Whitaker
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/08/with-prozac-nation-elizabeth-wurtzel-blew-open-the-memoir-as-we-know-it">With Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel blew open the memoir as we know it - BBC</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prozac_Nation_(film)">Prozac Nation (2001) </a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/qgCFQ5no2jg?si=P1tNlj19EN2GJb0-">Prozac: Revolution in a Capsule - The New York Times</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22040733">How Prozac entered the lexicon - BBC News</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/04/29/renamed-prozac-fuels-womens-health-debate/b05311b4-514a-4e65-aaa5-434cb2934271/">Renamed Prozac Fuels Women's Health Debate - Washington Post</a> 
<a href="https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/SB1021686885462923040">After the Boom, No Reason to Smile - Barron's</a> 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/upshot/why-prescription-drug-spending-higher-in-the-us.html">Something Happened to U.S. Drug Costs in the 1990s - The New York Times</a>
<a href="https://speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2012/03/26/conflicts-of-interest-and-dsm-5-the-media-reaction/">Conflicts of interest and DSM-5: the media reaction - Speaking of Medicine and Health</a> 
<a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21580-many-authors-of-psychiatry-bible-have-industry-ties/">Many authors of psychiatry bible have industry ties - New Scientist</a> 
<a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076902">Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5-TR: cross sectional analysis - The BMJ</a>

Where do you go when your own thoughts are unsafe? Basket Case, a series hosted by Nicole Kelly (NK), decodes the kaleidoscope of mental health and uncovers how our brain contorts our reality through original reporting, tender conversations, and deeply personal explorations.

Where do you go when your own thoughts are unsafe? Basket Case, a series hosted by Nicole Kelly (NK), decodes the kaleidoscope of mental health and uncovers how our brain contorts our reality through original reporting, tender conversations, and deeply personal explorations.

Basket Case

Prescription drug revolution

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For Maryam, anorexia was a way to disappear. But outside the institutions meant to cure eating disorders, she learns to resist the binary of recovery or death.  

This episode was produced by Maryam Gunja and Phoebe Unter. 

Studying Hunger Journals by Bernadette Mayer

Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire by Janam Mukherjee

Saving our own lives: a liberatory practice of harm reduction by Shira Hassan 

Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo

We need to reject the false narratives around anorexia by Katy Waldman

Strangers Among Us by Rachel Aviv

For Maryam, anorexia was a way to disappear. But outside the institutions meant to cure eating disorders, she learns to resist the binary of recovery or death.  
This episode was produced by Maryam Gunja and Phoebe Unter. 
Studying Hunger Journals by Bernadette Mayer
Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire by Janam Mukherjee
Saving our own lives: a liberatory practice of harm reduction by Shira Hassan 
Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo
<a href="https://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/cover_story/2015/12/we_need_to_reject_the_false_narratives_around_anorexia.html">We need to reject the false narratives around anorexia</a> by Katy Waldman
Strangers Among Us by Rachel Aviv

It's a very ritualized, precious routine

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Dr. Devon Price talks with NK about 2022’s Unmasking Autism:Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity. Masking is a coping strategy, a way that neurodivergent people (especially autistic people) learn to fit into neurotypical society, with uneven success. But like many coping strategies, masking can do more harm than good in the long run – and the act of unmasking is a small act of resistance against conformity.

This episode also includes some clips from Autistic Masking & Unmasking, The 4 Types of Autistic Masking, Twice as Hard: Masking Neurodiversity as Black Women, Discover your neurodivergent masks, and Black and Autistic! The Struggle is Real…

Plus Devon Price recommendsAmythest Schaber’sAsk An Autisticseries, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir by Anand Prahlad, and Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale.

<a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/s/BC_E6_Transcript.pdf">Transcript</a>
Dr. Devon Price talks with NK about 2022’s Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity. Masking is a coping strategy, a way that neurodivergent people (especially autistic people) learn to fit into neurotypical society, with uneven success. But like many coping strategies, masking can do more harm than good in the long run – and the act of unmasking is a small act of resistance against conformity.
This episode also includes some clips from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxhJDM6Bv1U&amp;ab_channel=PurpleElla">Autistic Masking &amp; Unmasking</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36-K-HW3syc&amp;t=440s&amp;ab_channel=I%27mAutistic%2CNowWhat%3F">The 4 Types of Autistic Masking</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fLqs1po2cA&amp;ab_channel=AllThingsEquitable">Twice as Hard: Masking Neurodiversity as Black Women</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiU1WRPJa-4&amp;ab_channel=TheThoughtSpot">Discover your neurodivergent masks</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV8J4qa10W0&amp;ab_channel=AutisticallyKofi">Black and Autistic! The Struggle is Real…</a> 
Plus Devon Price recommends Amythest Schaber’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexCWZPJE6A&amp;list=PLAoYMFsyj_k1ApNj_QUkNgKC1R5F9bVHs">Ask An Autistic</a> series, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir by Anand Prahlad, and Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale.

You do not have to be good

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Bertranna’s autism makes her obsessed with finding the Truth about neurodiversity. With Ayesha Khan, PhD and The People’s Oracle.

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AND INFORMED BY:

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price 

African-Americans With Autism Face Additional Challenges - NPR

The Persistent Invisibility of Black Autism - Undark.org

The Biology Behind Autism Spectrum Disorder - Yale Medicine

Data and Statistics on Autism Spectrum Disorder - CDC

The mother of neurodiversity: how Judy Singer changed the world | Autism | The Guardian

Singer’s thesis was included in a British Open University anthology titled Disability Discourse, and is now available in an ebook called Neurodiversity: The Birth of an Idea

Who coined the term ‘neurodiversity?’ It wasn’t Judy Singer, some autistic academics say

A correction on the origin of the term ‘neurodiversity’ - Independent Living On the Autism Spectrum (InLiv)

On the neurological underpinnings of geekdom - The Atlantic

Politicizing Neurodiversity - by P.E. Moskowitz:

Empire of Normality by Robert Chapman 

Neurodiversity and the Pathology Paradigm | Psychology Today

Negotiating the Neurodiversity Concept | Psychology Today

NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silber 

Neurodiversity Rewires Conventional Thinking About Brains | WIRED

Neurodiversity in the Classroom by Thomas Armstrong

“The 8 Million Species We Don’t Know” -  New York Times Sunday Review

Common Biologically Essentialist Language | by Cat Harsis | Medium

What If Gay-Rights Advocates’ ‘Born This Way’ Argument Is Wrong?

It's time to rethink “born this way,” a phrase that's been key to LGBTQ acceptance | Salon.com

‘Beyond Race’ Biology Course Busts Myths About Human Diversity | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland

Decolonizing= abolishing bioessentialism & the neurodivergent/ neurotypical binary  - Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

Psychiatric diagnoses & bioessentialism will not liberate us - Ayesha Khan, Ph.D. 

What Is a Collectivist Culture? Individualism vs. Collectivism

Collective Culture & Mental Wellbeing: What Tanzania Can Teach Us About Mental Health

Science is not objective or apolitical  - by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D. 

A Guide to the James Webb Telescope's View of the Universe - New York Times

we are all made of stars

Bertranna’s autism makes her obsessed with finding the Truth about neurodiversity. With <a href="https://www.ayesha-khan.com/">Ayesha Khan, PhD</a> and <a href="https://thepeoplesoracle.com/">The People’s Oracle</a>.
<a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/s/BC_E5_Transcript-2.pdf">Transcript</a> 
AND INFORMED BY:
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price 
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/02/21/467582515/african-americans-with-autism-face-additional-challenges">African-Americans With Autism Face Additional Challenges - NPR</a>
<a href="https://undark.org/2016/05/17/invisibility-black-autism/">The Persistent Invisibility of Black Autism - Undark.org</a> 
<a href="https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/yale-researcher-seeks-to-understand-the-biology-behind-autism-spectrum-disorder/">The Biology Behind Autism Spectrum Disorder - Yale Medicine</a> 
<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html">Data and Statistics on Autism Spectrum Disorder - CDC</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/05/the-mother-of-neurodiversity-how-judy-singer-changed-the-world">The mother of neurodiversity: how Judy Singer changed the world | Autism | The Guardian</a>
Singer’s thesis was included in a British Open University anthology titled Disability Discourse, and is <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=neurodiversity+the+birth+of+an+idea&amp;adgrpid=73960836644&amp;hvadid=357904074679&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9045997&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=2291358756036409958&amp;hvtargid=kwd-802601377862&amp;hydadcr=28212_1821154&amp;tag=googhydr-21&amp;ref=pd_sl_7vt5fqkawe_e">now available in an ebook called Neurodiversity: The Birth of an Idea</a> 
<a href="https://19thnews.org/2024/04/neurodiversity-term-judy-singer-autistic-advocates/">Who coined the term ‘neurodiversity?’ It wasn’t Judy Singer, some autistic academics say</a>
<a href="https://www.inlv.org/2023/07/13/neurodiversity-origin.html">A correction on the origin of the term ‘neurodiversity’ - Independent Living On the Autism Spectrum (InLiv)</a>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/neurodiversity/305909/">On the neurological underpinnings of geekdom - The Atlantic</a> 
<a href="https://mentalhellth.xyz/p/politicizing-neurodiversity">Politicizing Neurodiversity - by P.E. Moskowitz</a>:
Empire of Normality by Robert Chapman 
<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/neurodiverse-age/202108/neurodiversity-and-the-pathology-paradigm">Neurodiversity and the Pathology Paradigm | Psychology Today</a> 
<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/neurodiverse-age/202108/negotiating-the-neurodiversity-concept">Negotiating the Neurodiversity Concept | Psychology Today</a> 
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silber 
<a href="https://www.wired.com/2013/04/neurodiversity/">Neurodiversity Rewires Conventional Thinking About Brains | WIRED</a>
Neurodiversity in the Classroom by Thomas Armstrong
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/opinion/sunday/species-conservation-extinction.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsunday&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=sunday&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=1&amp;pgtype=sectionfront">“The 8 Million Species We Don’t Know” -  New York Times Sunday Review</a>
<a href="https://purrcatharsis.medium.com/common-bio-essentialist-language-3db6a894bb74">Common Biologically Essentialist Language | by Cat Harsis | Medium</a> 
<a href="https://www.thecut.com/2014/06/what-if-born-this-way-is-wrong.html">What If Gay-Rights Advocates’ ‘Born This Way’ Argument Is Wrong?</a> 
<a href="https://www.salon.com/2022/06/17/its-time-to-rethink-born-this-way-a-phrase-thats-been-key-to-lgbtq-acceptance/">It's time to rethink “born this way,” a phrase that's been key to LGBTQ acceptance | Salon.com</a> 
<a href="https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/beyond-race-biology-course-busts-myths-about-human-diversity">‘Beyond Race’ Biology Course Busts Myths About Human Diversity | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland</a> 
<a href="https://wokescientist.substack.com/p/decolonizing-abolishing-bioessentialism">Decolonizing= abolishing bioessentialism &amp; the neurodivergent/ neurotypical binary</a>  - Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.
<a href="https://wokescientist.substack.com/p/psychiatric-diagnoses-and-bioessentialism">Psychiatric diagnoses &amp; bioessentialism will not liberate us</a> - Ayesha Khan, Ph.D. 
<a href="https://www.verywellmind.com/what-are-collectivistic-cultures-2794962">What Is a Collectivist Culture? Individualism vs. Collectivism</a> 
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/collective-culture-mental-wellbeing-what-tanzania-can-mohammed-dewji/">Collective Culture &amp; Mental Wellbeing: What Tanzania Can Teach Us About Mental Health</a> 
<a href="https://wokescientist.substack.com/p/science-is-not-objective-or-apolitical?utm_source=publication-search">Science is not objective or apolitical</a>  - by Ayesha Khan, Ph.D. 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/05/magazine/james-webb-space-telescope.html">A Guide to the James Webb Telescope's View of the Universe - New York Times</a>
<a href="https://www.space.com/we-are-made-of-star-stuff-meaning-truth">we are all made of stars</a>

I was giving spectrum!

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