Prof Joanna Moncrieff

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Prof Joanna Moncrieff

Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry, UCL

Joanna’s research consists of an analysis of all aspects of psychiatric drug treatment, including subjective experiences, history of drug treatment, a critique of evidence for drug treatments, theoretical perspectives on psychiatric drug treatment, and political aspects of drug treatment, including work on the influence of the pharmaceutical industry.

She is also interested in the nature and function of diagnosis in modern psychiatric practice, and in the history, politics and philosophy of psychiatry more generally.

Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills

Misinformation about antidepressants and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are

Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills

Misinformation about antidepressants and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are

By Mark Horowitz, Prof Joanna Moncrieff