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Chemical imbalance is a term used as a lay explanation of mental illness or mental disorders. The basic concept is that a chemical imbalance within the brain is main the cause of a psychiatric conditions and that these conditions can be improved with medication which corrects this imbalance. The phrase originated from the scientific study of brain chemistry. In the 1950's the monoamine oxidase inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants were accidentally...


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    of that chemical to begin with ... Maybe it truely is a chemical imbalance and the medical community knows .. However replacing a theoretically lost chemical does not prove that there was a deficiency

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    hi if you had a chemical imbalance im sure that could be easily checked by your doctor.i know some or are not as forceful their are probably quite a few imbalances in the body that can have an effect on heart

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Are medications always needed in a case of insomnia?
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What damage does depression do to the brain and how can you treat it?
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This is actually a good question- but I couldn t find any research concerning long term damage from depression. It sounds unreasonable though because there is...

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How long does it take before a chemical imbalance shows up. Can someone go to...

As a mental health professional with 20 years experience, now retired, I can tell you that that term "chemical imbalance" has been so overused by so many people trying...

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What is the difference between a chemical imbalance and depression?
I went to the doctor about what I thought was depression, and he said he...

well often times, the term depression is thrown around and can refer to a down or low mood that is not clinically significant and other times, it can refer to...

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