The Midlife Mentors Rethinking Depression & The Serotonin Myth: Professor Joanna Moncrieff
CAUTION: If you are taking antidepressants or any other psychiatric medication, do not stop or adjust your dosage without first consulting a qualified healthcare professional. Coming off medication without proper guidance can lead to withdrawal symptoms.
In this episode we’re joined by Professor Joanna Moncrieff, psychiatrist, researcher, and author of Chemically Imbalanced - a bold book that challenges one of modern medicine’s most accepted beliefs: that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” of serotonin in the brain.
We saw Joanna on Dr Chatterjee's Feel Better, Live More podcast and really hoped she'd agree to come onto ours - which she thankfully did!
In the UK alone, antidepressant prescriptions have almost doubled in the past decade – from 47 million in 2011 to 85.6 million in 2022–23. That’s over 8.6 million adults now taking them each year.
But what if we’ve been sold the wrong story? And what are the real effects of these drugs - especially for those of us navigating the complex emotional terrain of midlife?
In this episode, we explore the truth about the “chemical imbalance” theory, what psychiatric drugs actually do to the brain, the long term potential dangers, and what you can do to support your mental health without relying solely on medication.
Get ready for an eye-opening conversation that could change the way you think about mental health and what really drives healing.
Chemically Imbalanced: The Making And Unmaking Of The Serotonin Myth:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemically-Imbalanced-Making-Unmaking-Serotonin-ebook/dp/B0DHV5LJX8/
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