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>messed up serotonin pathways, antidepressants are the cure. Just like for a diabetic an insulin shot is. We should be careful when saying psychiatry is "just
by wu-ikkyu 8y ago
>messed up serotonin pathways, antidepressants are the cure. Just like for a diabetic an insulin shot is.
We should be careful when saying psychiatry is "just like" biological science, it's not.
"psychiatric diagnosis still relies exclusively on fallible subjective judgments rather than objective biological tests"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Frances https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Frances
While it's true many people have experienced positive results with antidepressants (many have with placebos as well), "messed up serotonin pathways" and "chemical imbalances" are marketing slogans, not scientific facts.