tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post5499949246938007946..comments2024-03-28T22:29:05.434+00:00Comments on Relational psychiatry: Simplistic notion of antidepressants correcting chemical imbalance in the brain is publically untenableDBDoublehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16140020984190294123noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-77776394651783300602021-07-27T13:41:23.534+01:002021-07-27T13:41:23.534+01:00I'm not trying to defend psychiatry, but if th...I'm not trying to defend psychiatry, but if they're going to tell people the pills will help them to give them hope, doctors also need to also communicate the fact that they've been shown to help (regardless of how duplicitously it's worded). After all, placebos don't really work if you tell the person it's a placebo (although I believe some research from Harvard shows that you can even get away with that, which seems strange).Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16553105730593842429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-80525678037506504932018-05-17T22:38:48.792+01:002018-05-17T22:38:48.792+01:00Its 2018 and I have heard from 2 NHS psychiatrists...Its 2018 and I have heard from 2 NHS psychiatrists in the last 6 months that its a chemical or biochemical imbalance that is treatable and actually "normalisable" with medication. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15535741828738439366noreply@blogger.com