If Psychiatric Drugs Don’t Cure Disease, What Do They Do?
This 6 minute video from Medicating Normal is an excerpt from a longer interview. It features Dr. Joanna Moncrieff (consultant psychiatrist):
Joanna Moncrieff
Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills
This article from Mark Horowitz, Joanna Moncrieff and Katharine Wallis has been published by The Conversation. It begins: “Misinformation about antidepressants is rife and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are: Antidepressant withdrawal effects are mild and…
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The Serotonin Zombie: Authors of New Study Try to Breathe New Life into the Dead
Beyond the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression: An Interview with Prof. Joanna Moncrieff
Response to Criticism of Our Serotonin Paper
Services for People Withdrawing From Antidepressants
“New study documents what antidepressant users need to help them come off safely.” Key Points: One in four people will experience severe withdrawal symptoms when trying to reduce or come off antidepressants. There are no specialized services to support people…
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“Clear evidence” for serotonin hypothesis of depression?
Personal Perspective on the Systematic Review of Serotonin Imbalance Hypothesis for depression and Mechanism of Action for Antidepressants
My adult ADHD drugs felt like a lifeline. Then came the scary side-effects …
How to take the news that depression has not been shown to be caused by a chemical imbalance
