Depression Delusion, Volume One: The Myth Of The Brain Chemical Imbalance (volume 1) [Paperback]

For the past half-century, the public have been misled into believing that brain chemical imbalances are a scientifically identified characteristic of depression. This falsehood, widely accepted as a known fact, meets psychiatrys criteria for a delusion. The author also presents a better way of understanding the very real and often excruciating experiences and behaviours of depression. Foreword by Robert Whitaker, journalist and author. An eye-opening look at how a singular theory of depression has pervaded and persuaded the medical world . . . a scrupulous study of a topic that holds profound consequences for so many people. Kirkus Reviews, USA. Terry Lynch is a courageous voice of scientific and moral truth . . . In debunking the myth of biochemical imbalances, Terry Lynch provides an inestimable service to the health professions and to humanity Dr. Peter Breggin, psychiatrist and author, USA. A triumph of clearly argued and accessibly rendered scientific information. All its readers will be richly rewarded. Brent Slife, psychology professor, USA. I urge everyone concerned about the issue to read this important book. Ted Chabasinski, J.D., USA, attorney, psychiatric survivor, anti-psychiatry activist. Please read this book . . . your life or the life of someone you love may depend on it. Kim Olver, licenced counselor and author, USA, President of William Glasser International. Terry Lynch has given one of the most pervasive and harmful myths of modern times a thorough debunking. Exposing the truth that there is no scientific grounding to the idea that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance is essential if we are to develop a more constructive response to psychological distress and suffering. Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, psychiatrist and author, UK. A thorough and principled expose of the chemical imbalance rhetoric and its devastating consequences. Read it for essential enlightenment about one of the most damaging myths lÎ