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Awais-Aftab

Med's Awais Aftab discusses misconceptions about psychiatric medication

MEDIA | October 28, 2022
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

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.”

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