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Re: about the chemical imbalance concept » stjames

Posted by Larry Hoover on April 24, 2003, at 19:26:32

In reply to Re: What are the best Natural Serotonin enhancers?, posted by stjames on April 23, 2003, at 11:54:42

> Any time you simplify a complex system, you lose information. I fear that the simplification that declares depression to be the result of an imbalance in serotonin is really meaningless. To focus on just one chemical amidst a soup of other chemicals is wilful blindness. Just think about the blind men and the elephant.
>
> Lar
>
> THANK YOU LAR !!!.
>
> It has been clear to me for years that with complex systems like neurology, simplistic
> models like "increasing whatever" are flawed.
>
> This is also my consern about this site. People
> seem to only leave with the understanding of "Oh, all I need is to increase X". I have been posting for years trying to correct this misconception, but few seem to want to listen and understand.

For an insightful (but lengthy) review of the effect of the "chemical imbalance" model on clinical practice, go to:

http://www.geocities.com/ss06470/index.htm

Lar

 

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