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Med’s Awais Aftab discusses misconceptions about psychiatric medication

The complicated truth about taking antidepressants

Los Angeles TimesAwais Aftab, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, discussed the glut of contradictory information available about psychiatric medication. “This idea of a chemical imbalance has perpetuated the misconception that there’s some kind of central brain problem in people with depression,” Aftab said. “The reality is much more complicated.”