Dr. Pies and The Chemical Imbalance Deception
chemical imbalance theory
Beyond the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression: An Interview with Prof. Joanna Moncrieff
A Neuroscientist Evaluates the Standard Biological Model of Depression
This research article by Peter Sterling (Professor of Neuroscience) has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Abstract Neuroscientists widely hypothesize that ‘depression’ arises from a brain disorder caused by some defect in a specific neural pathway. If so, we might identify…
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Framing Depression as a Functional Signal Rather than a Disease Promotes Hope and Reduces Stigma, Study Finds
Response to Criticism of Our Serotonin Paper
How the “Chemical Imbalance” Metaphor Harms Patients
A chemical imbalance doesn’t explain depression. So what does?
After skool: Mark Horowitz – common misconceptions about depression & antidepressants
Dr. Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist and Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. He has a doctorate in the neurobiology of depression and the action of antidepressants from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s…
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Are women really more mentally ill than men? As a psychologist, I’m not so sure
Psychiatry’s Cycle of Ignorance and Reinvention: An Interview with Owen Whooley
Ayurdhi Dhar has interviewed sociologist Prof. Owen Whooley – author of On the Heels of Ignorance : Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing – about psychiatry’s stubborn perseverance in the face of recent DSM embarrassments and the failures of the biomedical model. The interview…
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