Everything you know about depression is wrong - Laura Delano | The Moynihan Report

Laura Delano is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a nonprofit organization that helps people make more informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement of people who’ve left behind the medicalized, professionalized mental health industry to build something different. Laura works with individuals and families around the world who are seeking guidance and support for the withdrawal journey and life post-psychiatry. Laura joins Michael Moynihan to discuss the state of mental health and psychopharmacology today.

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(00:00) Intro: Laura Delano

(10:20) Depression and Suicide Attempt

(18:41) Drug Controversy

(31:22) Psychiatry and Pills

(36:54) Societal Struggles

(44:30) Ozempic

(50:30) Medical Skepticism

(56:15) The Myth of Mental Illness

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