Joanna Moncrieff: The Mythology of Chemical Imbalances and Chemical Cures

Описание: UCL Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry and practicing psychiatrist Joanna Moncrieff explores how biochemical explanations for emotional suffering became embedded in public culture and clinical training.

Joanna was talking at Inner Compass Initiative’s "The Future of Mental Health in America" conference, West Hartford, CT, December 4, 2025.

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