Chemically Imbalanced: The Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth

Author:   Joanna Moncrieff ,  Chris van Tulleken
Publisher:   The History Press Ltd
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Publication Date:   16 January 2025
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Chemically Imbalanced: The Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth


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Author:   Joanna Moncrieff ,  Chris van Tulleken
Publisher:   The History Press Ltd
Imprint:   The History Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9781803996790


ISBN 10:   180399679
Publication Date:   16 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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'controversial and courageous' * DAILY MAIL * 'the most comprehensive rebuttal to date' * NEW SCIENTIST * ‘Authoritative and well-researched, Chemically Imbalanced documents the overinflation of antidepressant efficacy, where the false scientific information repeated is altogether misleading. The scale of deception and fraud unearthed is staggering and incendiary.’ -- Christopher Lane * PSYCHOLOGY TODAY * 'A complicated story told with patience and passion on behalf of the patient.' -- Jeannette Hyde * THE GUT MAKEOVER *


'controversial and courageous' * DAILY MAIL * 'the most comprehensive rebuttal to date' * NEW SCIENTIST * ‘Authoritative and well-researched, Chemically Imbalanced documents the overinflation of antidepressant efficacy, where the false scientific information repeated is altogether misleading. The scale of deception and fraud unearthed is staggering and incendiary.’ -- Christopher Lane * PSYCHOLOGY TODAY *


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JOANNA MONCRIEFF is Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London, and a consultant psychiatrist for the NHS. She is an expert in the field, and in 2022 she was the lead author of a landmark study into the theory of serotonin and depression. She is a founder member and co-chairperson of the Critical Psychiatry Network, an influential network of psychiatrists and other doctors. She has written for The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Conversation, Literary Review, was profiled in the Spectator magazine and has been interviewed for The Guardian’s Science Weekly podcast and the Evening Standard’s Tech and Science Daily, amongst others.

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