Self-study
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Summary
The author argues that people whose mental disorders are caused by their brains’ chemical imbalances require medication to correct the imbalances.
Notable Assumptions
The support only establishes that some mental disorders are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, but doesn’t establish that medication is necessary to correct those imbalances.
The argument relies on the assumption that nothing can correct the imbalances besides medication.
Analysis by Kevin_Lin
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Treatment by psychotherapy ███ ███████ ██ █████████ █████████ ██ ██ ██████████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ████ █████ ██████ ██████████
b
Treatment with medication ██████ █████ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████ ████ ██████ █████████ ████ ████ █████████ ████ ██████████████
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Most mental disorders ███ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ████████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██████
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Medication is always ████ █████████ ██ ████████ ████████ ████ ██████ █████████ ████ ██ ██████████████
e
Treatment with psychotherapy ███ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ █████████ █████ ████ █ █████████ ██ ███ █████████