Meet Chemicalimbalance.org
It's not often that I introduce readers to a new website with a dedicated entry, but not every website is authored by Jonathan Leo and Jeffrey Lacasse. An osteopath (and dean at Lincoln Memorial University) and a psychologist (at Arizona State University) by trade, the pair are responsible for defanging the chemical imbalance theory of depression in a seminal paper in PLoS in 2005 and of another paper in which they document the media's reliance on incorrect or overstated (take your pick) chemical imbalance theories. The two are a bit of a SWAT team.
The name of their site is Chemicalimbalance.org, appropriately enough, and it's chock full of evidence and resources for interested readers. And, if you've never read their PLoS paper, get reading. Much of their research is collected here.
Posted by Philip Dawdy at September 25, 2008 12:01 AM
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For an possible explanation of why SSRI's work that goes beyond the chemical imbalance argument, check out the following article about how SSRI's reverse brain atrophy associated with depression:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/07/06/head_fake/
