Is Depression Really a Chemical Imbalance?
Care Visions Family Talk with Professor Joanna Moncrieff
In this episode of Care Visions Family Talk, Lucy Johnston speaks with psychiatrist, researcher and author Professor Joanna Moncrieff about the serotonin theory of depression, her 2022 review of the evidence and why she believes antidepressants may alter or blunt emotions rather than correct an underlying chemical abnormality.
Please find below the video from the talk and also the audio podcast.
About Our Guest:
Dr Monica Berntsen is a Psychologist, Neuropsychologist and Neuroscientist specialising in the relationship between brain function, behaviour and mental health. She earned her clinical degree and completed her professional training at Adler University in Chicago in 2012, before completing a PhD in Neuropsychology and Neuroscience at the University of Essex in 2016. Her doctoral research explored the relationship between brain activity and behaviour, including social understanding and motor control.
Monica has extensive clinical experience across NHS neurodevelopmental services for children and young people, adult inpatient rehabilitation, private practice and specialist work with people experiencing psychiatric and mental health conditions, neurodegenerative conditions, strokes and brain injuries. She has also served as Director of Psychological Services for a private UK mental health company.
More information about Monica's work, research, services and experience is available via her website: drmonicaberntsen.com
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