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>

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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.

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