Chemically Imbalanced
The Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth
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- Hardcover
- Release Date
16 January 2025
Summary
For decades, the public has been told that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance and that antidepressants work by targeting this mechanism. Millions have decided to take antidepressants based on this information.
Chemically Imbalanced tells the story of a scientific myth and its consequences. It traces the history of the serotonin theory of depression from its development in the 1960s, through its inculcation into popular culture in the 1990s, to the recent revelations…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803996790 |
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| ISBN-10: | 180399679X |
| Author: | Joanna Moncrieff, Chris van Tulleken |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Release Date: | 16 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 496g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 244mm x 165mm |
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Critics Review
‘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, author of The Gut MakeoverAbout The Author
Joanna Moncrieff
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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