The Meteoric Rise of Mental Illness in America and Implications for Other Countries
Over the last 20-30 years, proponents of the medical model have hypothesized that mental illness is the result of a “chemical imbalance” in the brain (i.e., neurological atrophy, Breggin, 2011). In spite of the fact that no scientific evidence exists to support this hypothesis, the medical model’s c...
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| Language: | English |
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PsychOpen
2016-08-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Counselling Psychology |
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| Online Access: | http://ejcop.psychopen.eu/article/view/77 |