The Chemical Balance Theory, Is It Really Real?

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There's no evidence of any kind of chemdiocal in violence. There are clearly chemical changes occurring in the brain when people are doing depression or anxiety. But that doesn't make what we're doing an illness, just because some kind of chemical change going on. And frankly, if you go to a psychiatrist and get a prescription to day, that's exactly what they'll tell you. If you ask them, why am i taking this? They'll say, what's going to correct a chemical n balance in your brain? It just isn't true.

Dr. Chuck Ruby earned his Ph.D. in 1995 at Florida State University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of military service as a criminal, counterintelligence, counterespionage special agent, and investigative psychologist in many capacities across the globe. Following his military career, Dr. Ruby has been a psychologist and coach in private practice.

Chuck's newest book is Smoke and Mirrors: How You Are Being Fooled About Mental Illness - An Insider's Warning to Consumers, which is available now!

Learn more about Chuck at chuckruby.com and about ISEPP at psychintegrity.org.

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