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Chuck Ruby - Is Mental Illness A Myth - Part 2

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The Chemical Balance Theory, Is It Really Real?

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.

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