In This episode Alice interviews prof. Joanna Moncrieff, practicing psychiatrist and professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London.
Together they discuss:
The origin and evidence for the current theory of mental distress: The Theory of the Chemical Imbalance in the Brain.
How to chose if to start medications
How to stop medications
and the help available
So that you can make an informed choice!
You can find the information on antidepressant on the UK Royal College of Psychiatry HERE
The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines HERE
More information on prof. Joanna Moncrieff HERE
and her books:
Chemically Imbalanced HERE
Straight Talking about Psychiatric Drugs HERE
The Myth of the Chemical Cure HERE
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