There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance in a body. [2] A profession that has declared most of the US population to be mentally unbalanced deserves to be characterized as a pseudo-science. [3, 4] Tom Cruise is not alone in recognizing that psychiatry's irresponsible prescribing pattern has vastly expanded the market and profitability of amphetamines, antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs.