‘Medical Express’
As reported in the Belfast Telegraph, Tuesday 4th August 1981 in relation to a BBC1 programme ‘Medical Express’
Tag: serotonin theory
‘MENTAL CURES BY USE OF DRUGS’
This, from the Birmingham Daily Post, Wednesday 4th May 1955, is one of the first UK reports of Serotonin ‘imbalance’ causing/leading to mental health disorders. It was written by “a … Continue reading ‘MENTAL CURES BY USE OF DRUGS’
The ‘serotonin hypothesis’
In his acclaimed book How the World thinks, the philosopher Julian Baggini offers these considerations on the ‘Serotonin hypothesis’:
The “Chemical imbalance” theory
What follows is a selection of a selection of a selection of printed media reports on the so-called “chemical imbalance theory”. Almost without exception the word “theory” was not included: … Continue reading The “Chemical imbalance” theory
‘The mutability of the past’
It was interesting to read Professor Pies considerations on “Antipsychiatry” and his linkage of this with the “chemical imbalance trope” [Psychiatric Times, 2nd August 2019] Like Professor Pies I am … Continue reading ‘The mutability of the past’
The matoke eaters
When I worked in Kampala I was fed by local families. They were ever so kind to me. Every day we eat matoke (green bananas) – it was delicious. This … Continue reading The matoke eaters
Serotonin is a vasoconstrictor
This is a letter from 1954 by Dr Alfred Letchner and published in the British Medical Journal
Serotonin and gut motility (1963)
This letter to the BMJ from December 1963 interested me. I worked in Kampala, Uganda between 1989 and 1990 and experienced the green banana diet.