[Alex3917]

> Robert Whitaker's theses in that book have repeatedly been scientifically disproven.

The book doesn't even have a thesis. Good job not even reading enough of the Wikipedia article to plausibly pretend to have read it.

Also, did you even read the link you posted? It says exactly the opposite of what you're claiming it says. The conclusion is literally, "Simple biochemical theories that link low levels of serotonin with depressed mood are no longer tenable."

[rhizome]

Hasn't it been decades since a pure serotonin theory was tenable?

[Alex3917]

It was never tenable. The research showing that reduced levels of serotonin ameliorate depression didn’t come after the fact, it came from the original paper. The authors just ignored that when writing the conclusion.