The "Chemical Imbalance" Explanation for Depression: Origins, Lay Endorsement, and Clinical Implications

By P. Lysaker, R. Robinson. 2007

99 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Philosophy

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/1460e46986fee4a0485b1a4055c55cf9d914b8ec

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Pharmacology

1. P. Corrigan
2. G. Baird
3. B. Deacon

In Philosophy

1. P. Corrigan
2. G. Baird
3. B. Deacon

Citations in the corpus

• Evolution of public attitudes about mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis (2012, background): “It has been argued, for example, that the chemical imbalance explanation for depression does not adequately represent the multitude of biological and social determinants of its onset and course (55) or that the mental disorders are brain disorders narrative carries an unduly eliminative reductionist”
• the ChemiCal imbalanCe explanation of Depression: reDuCing blame at What Cost? (2009, background): “…mental illness in general, for two reasons: (a) depression is a relatively common and well-known mental disorder, and (b) based on the findings of france, lysaker, and robinson (2007) nearly all participants were expected to have consider- able familiarity with the chemical imbalance explanation…”