Anyone else feel psychiatry is trying to gaslight people about the whole chemical imbalance "theory"?

I was especially frustrated by the feedback to the recent study by Joanna Moncrieff (and others) that debunks the hypothesis. Many responses were something along the lines of "Psychiatry abandoned that long ago but the public didn't catch up", "No practitioners believe it's that simple", and so on.

I also read (can't remember the source sorry) that contrary to what antipsychiatry claims, [insert prestigious psychiatric organization here] never actually endorsed the hypothesis. Not sure this is true, but I'll play devil's advocate and assume ALL the prestigious organizations never did.

Individual MH practitioners - the ones who patients actually interact with - most certainly endorsed it. I went to them. I'm under the impression some still endorse it today given what current patients are saying. (Also, some studies have showed 80%+ of people believe the hypothesis.) And let's not forget those awful commercials on TV - if you give your patient drugs and tell them nothing (as is so common), you shouldn't be surprised when they believe what the manufacturers tell them.

In the very least, it's a sin of omission. It's been decades, apparently, since this hypothesis was abandoned but [insert prestigious psychiatric organizations here] thought it was okay to remain tight-lipped... and they are continuing to unless attacked.

If you have the power to stop something, and you don't, you're basically endorsing it. Just my humble opinion.

Sorry, bit of text wall, but I'm pissed. Let me just leave you with some excuses I read:

The first is "It's an over-simplified explanation for the patient's sake". Seems kinda ableist... mentally ill people can handle a "mental health is complicated" explanation. The second is "It makes people take life-saving drugs". Ahhhh, ok, there it is...