Critical Psychiatry

JANUARY 12, 2025

The Sunday Times magazine has an article about Joanna Moncrieff promoting the publication this week of her new book , Chemically imbalanced: The making and unmaking of the serotonin myth. This follows the 2022 umbrella review, of which she was the first author, which concluded that there is no consistent evidence of an association between serotonin and depression, and no support for the hypothesis that depression is caused by lowered serotonin activity or concentrations (see previous post ).

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Sanity Daily

JANUARY 12, 2025

5/5 - (1 vote) How to be ok for being imperfect and accept ourselves? Why is there a need to be perfect in everything we do? Why are we judged on our ability to do things perfectly? The more we accept that being imperfect is okay, the easier this world becomes to survive in. Every woman in the world is beautifully imperfect, and as we accept ourselves, our mental health improves.

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Real Psychiatry

JANUARY 12, 2025

Every January one of the frequent pledges is to not use alcohol for the month. In my capacity as a psychiatrist I have had patients tell me that if they could do it was a sign that they were not an alcoholic because it shows that they can control their drinking. Never mind the excessive drinking and adverse consequences the rest of the year. I saw an exchange between a sober bartender and a stress drinker portrayed in a new TV series just today.

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