The "chemical imbalance" model is a strange way to go about treatment. There's no objective assessment, and no feedback path to confirm it's working. Imagine t

The "chemical imbalance" model is a strange way to go about treatment. There's no objective assessment, and no feedback path to confirm it's working. Imagine this. A teenaged boy and his mother show up at the doctor's. The boy is in tears, and says his arm hurts. The doctor comes out, and is terribly busy, and prescribes a cast without X-Rays, an examination, or even asking a history. The family is terribly busy, and doesn't get back to the doctor. The boy says his arm still hurts, and isn't getting better. The parents are firm, the cast must stay on, because the doctor prescribed it. Later, the arm becomes deeply infected, and the boy goes to intensive care when his body becomes septic. While they decide to treat this as a laceration and infection instead of a break, there is still no assessment or feedback. Just more medication. (They were right this time, but by chance. The cast still stays on after this, by the way.) This is exactly what I saw happen -- except replace the cast with amphetamines, sepsis with a mental breakdown, and intensive care with involuntary commitment. The doctor literally walked into the waiting room, prescribed amphetamines, and scheduled a follow up later. The doctors don't have a clue what they're doing when they say "chemical imbalance". They're guessing and using the medication shotgun.