The Doctor's Kitchen podcast with Dr Rupy Aujla MD. An uncomfortable but very necessary conversation with Professor Joanna Moncrieff about antidepressants and the theory that these drugs work for those with depression by correcting imbalanced chemicals in their brain.

Medicine Unheard podcast. Conversation with Prof. Joanna Moncrieff that challenges the serotonin theory of depression, highlighting the narrative and the impact of antidepressants on brain chemistry. We delve into the collusion of the medical establishment, the pathologizing of normal distress, the implications of psychiatric diagnoses, the drug-centered model of drug action, navigating uncertainty in medicine, and the need to redesign mental health services.

Is depression really caused by a chemical imbalance — or is that one of the most enduring myths in modern psychiatry?

It’s Your Life With Dr James JC Cooley and Co-Host Dr Michael Mantell- Rational Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Coach have a sit-down conversation with Joanna Moncrieff -- Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London.

Rational Voices with Sunil. Psychiatrist Joanna Moncrieff discusses her critical perspective on the use of psychiatric drugs, particularly antidepressants.

Joanna Moncrieff is a psychiatrist, researcher, and author based at University College London. Her work examines the foundations of modern psychiatric practice, especially our assumptions about how psychiatric drugs work and why we use them.

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, M.D., is Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London, and a consultant psychiatrist for the NHS in London. She studies the effects, action, use and representation of psychiatric drugs, including antidepressants and antipsychotics, and has also written about the history and philosophy of psychiatry.

3rd National Day of AJPJA. (Association of Young Psychiatrists and Young Addictologists). Plenary - "Rethinking Drug Treatment in Psychiatry - Developing Democratic, Evidence-Based Practice" Joanna MONCRIEFF – Professor of Social and Critical Psychiatry, University College London

In 2022 Dr. Joanna Moncrieff conducted the first systematic umbrella review of the evidence for the serotonin "chemical imbalance" theory of depression, the findings of which shocked many. Here we do a deep dive into this research, as well as the efficacy of anti-depressants, whether depression is within a person's control, and how pharmaceutical companies manipulate the narrative.

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff is a psychiatrist, professor, author, and one of the most fearless and influential thinkers in modern mental health. For over thirty years, Dr. Moncrieff has stood at the center of psychiatry, not to defend it blindly, but to question its foundations, to hold it accountable, and to tell the truth; even when the truth was inconvenient.

Tudor Dixon sits down with Dr. Joanna Moncrieff to challenge the widely accepted narrative surrounding antidepressants. Together, they examine whether depression is truly caused by a serotonin imbalance and uncover the often-overlooked consequences of these medications

Nesh Nikolic speaks with Dr Joanna Moncrieff about her latest book: Chemically Imbalanced: The Making and Unmaking of The Serotonin Myth.

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff is a psychiatrist, researcher, and author of The Myth of the Chemical Cure and Chemically Imbalanced, whose work has radically challenged one of the most powerful ideas in modern psychiatry — that depression is caused by a serotonin imbalance. Her landmark 2022 review in Molecular Psychiatry dismantled the serotonin hypothesis, exposing how Big Pharma turned a shaky theory into a multi‑billion‑dollar industry.

Dr Joanna Moncrieff is a psychiatrist, professor, and best-selling author, who is leading the charge in how we understand psychiatric drugs, like anti-depressants. Moncrieff is best known for challenging the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of depression and for her influential work on how psychiatric medications actually work—arguing they produce psychoactive effects rather than correcting underlying brain disorders.

Joanna explains how the widely accepted belief that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance or serotonin deficiency has little scientific evidence to support it. This theory, which became popularised in the 1990s through pharmaceutical industry marketing, has fundamentally changed how we view our emotions and mental health.

For decades, millions have been told a simple story: depression is caused by a chemical imbalance—specifically, low serotonin—and antidepressants correct it. But what if that story was never true? In this powerful and urgent episode of Moral Medicine, psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Joanna Moncrieff joins us to expose how one of the most influential myths in modern medicine took hold—and the profound harm it's caused.

Revolution Health Radio with Chris Kesser. A leading researcher on the efficacy of antidepressant drugs to treat depression, Dr. Joanna Moncrieff joins Chris on this episode of Revolution Health Radio to discuss her newest landmark paper debunking the widespread belief that an imbalance of neurotransmitters, particularly serotonin, in the brain causes depression.

Joanna Moncrieff's 2022 study 'The Serotonin Theory of Depression: A Systematic Umbrella Review of the Evidence' concluded that there was no link between serotonin and depression, debunking the mainstream medical belief in antidepressants. Moncrieff, whose research has drawn criticism from 'Big Pharma' and support from fringe figures on the right, speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy in the latest episode of Ways to Change the World.

Joanna Moncrieff is a British psychiatrist, researcher, and professor of critical and social psychiatry at University College London (UCL). She is widely recognised for her critical perspectives on psychiatric medication and the biomedical model of mental health.

In this conversation, I speak with Joanna Moncrieff on the role (or lack of) of serotonin in depression. Joanna has written several books in the field of critical psychiatry, most recently publishing 'The Serotonin Myth Of Depression'.

Prof. Joanna Moncrieff "The Myths and Realities of Psychiatric Drugs" Semel Grand Rounds, Semel Institute, UCLA 2024-09-10

Myths about chemical imbalances and chemical cures: how drug treatment in psychiatry has been misrepresented, including on suicide. 8th Vilnius Conference on Suicide Intervention Methods.

UCL Lunch Hour Lectures. Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London, Joanna Moncrieff describes recent research that exposed the fact that there is no convincing evidence to support the claim that depression is caused by low serotonin.

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff's keynote presentation at the 14th Annual Pat Risser RSVP Conference (2023).

Are you an ‘ADHDer’? Have you ever suffered from clinical depression? Have you diagnosed yourself through an online quiz? The third episode of Ditto Nation examines contemporary mental health culture with Professor Joanna Moncrieff by challenging the discourse and assumptions that many have taken for granted for decades. It looks at how algorithms, techno-capitalism, as well as pharmaceutical and insurance companies have conspired to shape the way we think about the mind and how it works, often against our best interests.

'Depression is like a barometer. It's something that indicates that everything is not right within your life, that something is going wrong', says Dr Joanna Moncrieff, a psychiatrist and a professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London. Is depression a disease of the brain or a state of mind? What are antidepressants and what is their mechanism of action? Is there a drug that cures depression? Are antidepressants addictive? What is the difference between addiction and physical dependence? What are the withdrawal symptoms and why is it easy to mistake them for a relapse? These are some of the questions we will answer in this conversation.

Episode aired on the Psychexperience podcast about Dr. Moncrieff's work including her recent meta analysis debunking the hypothesis of a chemical imbalance being the etiology of Depression.

In this talk, Dr. Moncrieff will look at the evidence behind some common myths relating to psychosis and 'antipsychotic' drugs.

Dr. Leaf Show: Neuroscience & Mental Health. Conversation with Dr. Mark Horowitz, Robert Whitaker, and Professor. Joanna Moncrieff about the serotonin myth of depression, the dangers of chronic anti-psychotic drug use, schizophrenia as a contract, the neurobiological mental health rabbit hole, where MRI and other types of brain scans fall short, creating a new mental health narrative, and so much more!

Psychotherapist Dr Harriet Fraad and Addiction & Substance Use Disorder Counselor, Ikoi, are joined by Dr Joanna Moncrieff, critical psychiatrist, researcher and author of "A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs". Drawing on extensive research, Joanna demonstrates that psychiatric drugs do not 'treat' or 'cure' mental illness by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances or other abnormalities in the brain. There is no evidence for any of these ideas.

MH360° presents a special talk by Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, the celebrated British psychiatrist and academic at University College London, whose 2022 study investigating the ‘Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression’ has taken the world by storm.
As one of the founding members and leading figures in the Critical Psychiatry Network, Joanna is a prominent critic of the modern ‘psychopharmacological’ model of mental disorder and drug treatment, and the role of the pharmaceutical industry in mental healthcare.

Joanna is also one of the founding members of the Critical Psychiatry network, a group of psychiatrists from around the world who are skeptical of the idea that mental disorders simply brain diseases, and of the dominance of the pharmaceutical industry in the mental health discourse.

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff talks about depression. What causes it? How do SSRIs work? How well do antidepressants work? What are the risks & benefits of long-term antidepressant use? What is the evidence that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance (too little serotonin) in the brain? How is social media & technology influencing mental health?

The Dr. Leaf Show. Dr. Joanna Moncrieff discusses her new study on the chemical imbalance myth, antidepressants as placebo, the causes of depression, how to withdraw from psychiatric drugs, and so much more.

"The serotonin dogma on antidepressants is untenable – but taking them as risky as taking recreational drugs." states Joanna Moncrieff in my interview with her. She is a psychiatry professor in London and lead author of a recent study with "explosive power." The paper shows that the dogma that depression is primarily caused by low serotonin levels and that antidepressants are the treatment of choice is neither proven nor effective.

Psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, has created quite a buzz with her recent journal article that capsized the brain chemistry imbalance hypothesis of depression. The article is scientifically sound and well respected by her peers; however, it is a threat to the big pharma industry and other narratives regarding the individual defect theory of mental health.

The serotonin hypothesis of depression, which had been accepted as an unchallenged scientific construct for approximately six decades, was turned on its head by a recent UCL study published in the Molecular Psychiatry Journal. This study has sent shock waves throughout the psychiatric community. To explore the implications of these findings, BizNews spoke to Dr Joanna Moncrieff, the principal investigator in this groundbreaking study.

(Interview with Joanna Moncrieff: The Serotonin and Antidepressant Hypothesis). En esta entrevista con Darío Pescador, director de Quo, la doctora Moncrieff comenta los resultados de la reciente revisión de estudios que ha publicado con su equipo de investigación, la cual podido comprobar que no hay evidencia significativa de que la depresión se deba a un desequilibrio químico de la serotonina en el cerebro, poniendo en entredicho los antidepresivos más recetados, los llamado ISRS (inhibidores selectivos de la recaptación de la serotonina).

Dr. Joanna Moncreiff speaks about the difference between a drug-centered and disease-centered approach in the field of mental health, the history of psychiatry, withdrawal from psychotropic drugs, the dangers of medicalizing misery, the myth of the chemical imbalance, the potential downsides of using psychedelics to treat mental health, and so much more!

International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal online conference Saturday 7th May 2022. Introduction by Stevie Lewis, IIPDW Board Member.

What are psychiatric drugs (e.g. antidepressants, anxiolytics, ‘mood stabilisers’ and antipsychotics) really doing to people? Are they correcting chemical imbalances or other biological abnormalities, or are they doing something different and just how much do we really know about them? In this talk, Dr Moncrieff will examine common assumptions about drug treatment and how it works, and suggest that far from correcting underling abnormalities, drug treatment creates them.

In an era when more people are taking psychiatric drugs than ever before, Joanna Moncrieff's explosive book challenges the claims for their mythical powers. Drawing on extensive research, she demonstrates that psychiatric drugs do not 'treat' or 'cure' the experiences we call 'mental illness' by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances or other abnormalities in the brain. There is no evidence for any of these ideas.

In this video presentation British psychiatrist Joanna Moncrieff discusses her research and the implications it has for people who take psychiatric medication, our social networks, and those of us who prescribe the medication. This event was organised by the Manchester based Taking Control of Psychiatric Medication Network, part of the Organic Recovery Learning Community.

She talks about her work and then a panel of people with lived experience had a conversation with her about what she has shared in the video from their own perspectives.

"Drug treatments in psychiatry: the unsaid and the current problem". Conference held on September 26, 2020, organized by ATLAS Magazine and Proyecto Suma. Guests: Joanna Moncrieff and Mark Horowitz.

A brilliant spontaneous transcontinental conversation between myself and Great Britain's leading psychiatrist, Joanna Moncrieff.

Talk given by Dr Joanna Moncrieff at the DeStress Conference, held at London's Wellcome Collection in January 2019. Joanna is a psychiatrist, author, and academic at University College London. She is interested in "the history, philosophy and politics of psychiatry, and particularly in the use, misuse and misrepresentation of psychiatric drugs".

The nature of psychiatric drugs, what we know and don’t know about what they do to the brain with repeated and long-term use and how these changes affect the experience of withdrawal; study on antidepressant withdrawal and antipsychotic withdrawal.

A conversation between Joanna Moncrieff and Magnus Hald.

Critical psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff joins us to explore the history and development of psychiatric medication, why there is little, if any, evidence to support the idea that psychiatric medication is correcting a “chemical imbalance” or any other underlying cause of mental illness, why the disease-centred model of mental health issues is both misleading and disempowering to service users, and ultimately, why much of the “science” supporting psychiatric medication is based more on ideology than evidence.

The topic up for debate today... Is antidepressant medication ever useful? Featuring two of the UK's most eminent psychiatrists, Dr. Joanna Moncrieff and Prof. Carmine Pariante, for the MOWE podcast!

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff discusses the 'Disease-Centred Model' emerging within the mental health industry. Amnesty International, Shoreditch, London (08/06/17).

FEEL (Friends of East End Loonies) host Joanna Moncrieff, critical psychiatrist, talking about the research study RADAR (Research into Antipsychotic Discontinuation and Reduction).

Dr Joanna Moncrieff talks for soteriabrighton.co.uk on the ups and downs of psychotropic medication; its history, use and misuse.

Ponencia editada de la Dra. Joanna Moncrieff (15 min.) en la presentación de su libro (con traducción simultánea al español).

Interview with Joanna Moncrieff, author of "The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment"

Joanna Moncrieff presentation at The Stuart Low Trust in Islington London on the subject of psychiatric drugs: their over-prescription and their ineffectiveness to "cure" "mental illness".

UNE Center for Global Humanities and its founding director, Anouar Majid, host Joanna Moncrieff on "The Myth of the Chemical Cure: The Politics of Psychiatric Drug Treatment."