[BOOK][B] The myth of the chemical cure

J Moncrieff, J Moncrieff - 2008 - Springer
The data surveyed in this book suggest that psychiatric drug treatment is currently
administered on the basis of ahuge collective myth; the myth that psychiatric drugs act by …

A systematic, updated review on the antidepressant agomelatine focusing on its melatonergic modulation

M Fornaro, D Prestia, S Colicchio… - Current …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Objective: To present an updated, comprehensive review on clinical and pre-clinical studies
on agomelatine. Method: A MEDLINE, Psycinfo and Web of Science search (1966-May …

[HTML][HTML] Is the chemical imbalance an 'urban legend'? An exploration of the status of the serotonin theory of depression in the scientific literature

B Ang, M Horowitz, J Moncrieff - SSM-Mental Health, 2022 - Elsevier
The theory that depression is caused by a serotonin abnormality or other chemical
imbalance has become widely accepted by the public and is one prominent justification for …

Neoliberalism and biopsychiatry: A marriage of convenience.

J Moncrieff - 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Neuroscience research, which aims to uncover the biological origins of psychiatric
disorders, has burgeoned and flourished, gaining a high degree of credibility outside …

[HTML][HTML] There is no such thing as a psychiatric disorder/disease/chemical imbalance

F Baughman - PLoS Medicine, 2006 - journals.plos.org
I am a disease monger. I teach primary care doctors how to identify bipolar disorder. Worse
yet, I take money from pharmaceutical companies for doing so. I use it to subsidize my …

Ginseng enhances the effectiveness of DHEA

JM Howard - CMAJ, 2006 - Can Med Assoc
1. McIntyre RS, Konarski JZ, Mancini DA, et al. Measuring the severity of depression and
remission in primary care: validation of the HAMD-7 Scale [published erratum in CMAJ …

[HTML][HTML] There Is No Such Thing as a Psychiatric Disorder/Disease/Chemical Imbalance

J Sheppard - healthychild.com
In her recent PLoS Medicine article, Christine Phillips writes:“ADHD [attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder] joins dyslexia and glue ear as disorders that are considered …

[BOOK][B] Intelligence and Learning

S Gislason - 2016 - books.google.com
Intelligence is about survival in a threatening world. Humans survive because of the genius
abilities such as vision, hearing, skilled movement and speech, all abilities that are built into …

One size fits all?

RS McIntyre, JZ Konarski, SH Kennedy - CMAJ, 2006 - Can Med Assoc
1. McIntyre RS, Konarski JZ, Mancini DA, et al. Measuring the severity of depression and
remission in primary care: validation of the HAMD-7 Scale [published erratum in CMAJ …

[PDF][PDF] The Science of Depression. Sketch of a non-reductive, multi-level approach

L Moisi - Publications of the Institute of Cognitive Science, 2011 - Citeseer
Depression–a condition characterized by a sense of insurmountable hopelessness, loss of
significance and interests in life–is the most common mental illness today and its prevalence …