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>>lcaff+(OP)
The fact is psychiatry today still lacks tests or any proof of its claims of "chemical imbalance", which remains unproven. No one had established a profile for what a "balanced brain chemistry"looks like, nor do they test for any brain chemistry imbalance.

Diagnosis is still left to the subjective assessment of the practitioner before prescribing powerful psychotropics that DO change brain chemistry in unpredictable ways, and cause a host of side effects often worse than the original symptoms.

So the argument today that psychiatry lacks any scientific basis and rigor for its practices is still very valid and legitimate.

>>imperi+p8
It needn't even be chemical; any sort of differential test that proves a deviation from baseline measure and treatment that helps mediate a return to that profile would at least be good science and may good medicine.

Maybe someday we'll have wide access to inexpensive monitoring techniques that could fill this need.