#062 - Psychiatry's Very Own Delusion (Dr. Joanna Moncrieff)

Critical psychiatrist 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.

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*** BOOKS MENTIONED ***

"The Myth of the Chemical Cure" by Joanna Moncrieff https://amzn.to/2MxG5po

"A Straight Talking Guide to Psychiatric Drugs" by Joanna Moncrieff https://amzn.to/2nlq6j9

"The Bitterest Pills" by Joanna Moncrieff https://amzn.to/2vwpgob

"A Woman in Berlin" by Anonymous https://amzn.to/2Miosgc

"Das Kapital (Capital Vol. 1)" by Karl Marx https://amzn.to/2KL9cnv

"Manufacturing Depression" by Gary Greenberg https://amzn.to/2MiOTCt

"Crazy Like Us" by Ethan Watters https://amzn.to/2MBZLZ6

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