Who is Joanna Moncrieff? | The Psychiatrist who called “BULLS*@(%_”

[@carolinecroft7029]

A btilliant woman. Not afraid to speak about the lies of the chemical imbalance theory. Highly admire her.

[@GinaMFlorida]

She is exactly correct. In my early 20's I was out on my 1st antidepressant for anxiety. My psychiatrist was older & wanted to use an old antidepressant, imipramine. It made me feel horrible, didn't help with anxiety. He kept increasing the dose until I felt nothing except the anxiety. I don't laugh or cry for 5-10 yrs. I didn't realize this was happening until I was many yrs into it. By then I was chain smoking and had OCD really bad. I'll never forget the day I realized I hadn't felt anything except anxiety for many yrs. I would shake real bad & couldn't sleep much. This was in the mid 1980's. I lost many years of the best part of my life. Now tapering Clonazepam I've been taking for 11 yrs. I hope I don't lose my golden years too. Psychiatry has totally messed up my entire life. I feel like we the patient, have become guinea pigs. So sad. So uncalled for. Human life is very precious.

[@ivye.3699]

She’s quite brilliant yes. Have been following her for years. Add Dr. Healy, Dr. Breggin, and Dr. Gotzsche and you have yourself a graduate level course in exactly where we are right now in mental health. Thank you Dr. Josef for educating all of us. I so admire your work. I am a clinical social worker and most clients are taking psychotropic drugs. It is very hard to help them leave this toxic matrix.

[@claireh.7605]

Dr Healey sounded great until he went full blown anti-vax

[@faitht3643]

​@@claireh.7605 Agree to disagree. Dr. Healy and Dr. Peter McCullough have done the research and both agree more research needs to be done before they can be considered safe. Like the psychiatric drug industry, the vaccine industry has been built on cherry picked data and lies.

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

I also have friends who are in the toxic matrix. It's impossible for me to help them. They take a lot of lithium, neuroleptics and antidepressants and believe in the myth of chemical imbalance because their doctor told them so. I am suffering from PAWS from Effexor and I tell them to quit this dangerous poison before it's too late. In their opinion though, I am just depressed and I should listen to the doctors and take more drugs.

[@claireh.7605]

@@FreeWanderingThinker if you call something an “antidepressant” the way people think about it changes from “chemical with different effects” to “something that just undoes depression.” The whole language and catchphrases about it taking time to work, about bad damaging effects being “side” effects and temporary and bla bla is just marketing rephrasing of normalizing poison.

[@heiliger_sturm]

@@claireh.7605I suggest looking up Post-Vaccine Syndrome. I made two more detailed comments about this, but both got deleted by the bot (since you’re not allowed to criticise Pfizer’s biggest money-maker).

[@drannamd]

Finally!!!! Psychiatrists challenging status quo and not on Pharma payroll

[@LucielStarz123]

Please have a long form interview with her if you can

[@youdontfoolmebro]

Keep up the great work, Dr. Josef! 👍 The World needs to know these brave people and acknowledge their life saving messages. Thank you 🙏

[@prellwitz63]

Excellent synopsis of her work. Would love to listen to you interviewing her too.

[@faitht3643]

Thanks for highlighting Dr. Moncrieff's brilliant work, especially her and Dr. Mark Horowitz's landmark study debunking the low serotonin causes depression myth. Love your videos but the background music in this one was distracting and unnecessary.

[@agilli5388]

When you take a SSRI, and your blunting really starts to hamper you, they just give you a higher dose. A never ending circle.

[@natnat8733]

Very true. This can be true for medications prescribed by doctors across the majority of [or all of?] the disciplines of medicine. "That's not working for you? You're not getting better? That's Ok, we'll just increase the dose. See you in .... [x weeks or months]". But the damage with psychiatry is that the 'patient' has to live with a seemingly perpetual cycle of trial and error mixed with periods of waiting, waiting, waiting while often living with horrible and distressing symptoms that can severely impact their quality of life or indeed their will for life. And for a very long time 'we' have been sold this myth that the problem was chemical imbalance - therefore the aforementioned trial, error, wait, rinse, repeat cycle was necessary. Many have continued on this path, or have supported our loved ones on this path because we believed in the inherent authority and respectability of medicine as an institution. The causes of mental illness are highly complex and unique to each individual and while medication can be helpful for some, there is *so much* that has not been properly explored. Instead, for many decades this lazy attribution to 'chemical imbalance' has been used to justify the writing of prescriptions and indeed people have become conditioned to the notion that a successful visit to the doctor requires a prescription of some sort.

[@susanbell5835]

It'll be great to interview her and Dr. Breggin, as well! Thanks!

[@TheDavveponken]

Music is a little loud in this one but great stuff! Joanna is great. Wished I had found her before. I was always skeptical but since I thought the meds would be safe to just stop in case there were bad effects. How wrong was I.

[@peacenrhyme]

Groundbreaking... That's a good word for it. Thank you for all the good work you and other doctors in the community are doing. Keep it up!

[@mapleleaf902]

I am glad I am off SSRI; it was an awful taper, but I would never touch them again.

[@mistycaledonia]

Thank you again for your vital work Dr J and for pointing me in her and Marks direction.

[@celestepiccolo6586]

My favorite concept I’ve learned from her is that these drugs cause a change to the normal functioning of the brain.

[@valeriefromoregon]

She’s 💯 correct .

[@TheDavveponken]

I think your narrative here is very telling. It's as if there's an overall callousness in society which deeply damage some individuals that are more sensitive in nature. And then, as a solution (which then to the person in question becomes very palatable) the idea is to make them callous too, rather than to offer emotional support and questioning society as a whole. I had callous parents with no emotional intelligence, so to me, always being "the too sensitive" one, it wasn't that hard to brain wash me into believing an adhd diagnosis, EVEN with a bachelor in sociology (which is very critical in nature). But like Peter Breggin says, when you turn to psychiatry (which I actually didn't willingly) you are hopeless; and in that state you are vulnerable.

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

Yes, exactly. They take advantage of hopeless people, that's criminal. I am a physicist, and I was a researcher in AI before going through the hell of PAWS from Effexor. I used to question everything. I still do not know how I have managed to believe in the fairy tale of the chemical imbalance for over 12 years!!

[@natnat8733]

Very true. And your vulnerability when in front of a member of the powerful institution of medicine can lead you to trust and believe what you are told regarding the medication that is offered. Betrayal of that trust [i.e. "I've been sold a crock of crap" re the medications I've been prescribed can be pretty crushing {I'm speaking as both a non-doctor mental health professional and as a client}. Also, Re your comment that "as a solution .... the idea is to make them callous too" instead of addressing causes - or even demonstrating an awareness of and a willingness to address the cause(s), *Gaslighting* is also a potential solution or option ... [to be clear, this is said with 'tongue firmly in cheek']. I have personal experience of this.. For example, making *you* the problem or the cause/source of the problem thereby resulting in a life of shame, secrecy and fear. The good ole DARVO: Deny Attack Reverse Victim and Offender. Both 'solutions' are especially effective tools [among others] for destroying mental health.

[@TheDavveponken]

@@natnat8733 hadn't heard of darvo before, but that is indeed a perfect descriptor. The shame of having been tricked and permanently damaged is crushing. I don't know how to live with it. And I am no alien because of my experience of neurological damage. I've already lost a friend (but good riddens). Thank you for your insights

[@Q1776Q]

Thank you for making these videos, doctor.

[@taghreedsaab369]

Brave woman

[@831cruzw]

The providers in the US system exhibit a certain pathology - certainly qualifying for treatment with psychotropics. Many patients are not surprised as we are told that sick and dysfunctional systems attract certain kinds of people (I remember this from my psych100 class and any therapist would likely agree). These guys saw the US Healthcare system and said , "Sign me up for this!" ?????

[@PKS-2023]

Does Dr. Josef have a reading list of all the books he’s been referring to and recommending in his videos?

[@ancabostinariu6550]

It is good to have criticism in any field of activity in order to make room for the new

[@lizmcdermott9602]

Hi Joanna, I really thank you for all the good work your doing. I would like some advice regarding my sons situation. My son is currently on a community treatment order which is due to be renewed in July 24. My son is really struggling with the meds recently informed me he wants to come of the meds as he no longer feels emotions. I spoke to a mental health nurse last week.regarding this she informed the psychiatrist has the power to recall my son into hospital to give him the meds. Where do we stand legally regarding this. My son is currently a shell of his former self. Kindest regards 🙏

[@candicemcmillan720]

This isn't even her video. Look up 'mental health advocate' in your area, look at your Mental Health Act

[@sc.1282]

She recognizes PSSD and validates us

[@gamezswinger]

It would be groundbreaking if the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association jointly urged Congress to pass legislation aimed at reducing stress for people in the United States. This could include measures like significantly shorter work weeks, reducing control and dominance over individuals, and promoting a minimalist lifestyle. Naturally, changing laws to promote human flourishing would significantly impact the profits of certain industries, such as the pharmaceutical industry. 🤔

[@KushQueen9]

There's very few gems like her! She is a blessing!

[@christosegkos]

Thank you so much for sharing! I am buying her books ASAP!! 😍

[@gamezswinger]

Drugs may not cure depression, but lowering your expectations definitely works. 🎉

[@debbage4433]

Brilliant lady... ❤

[@brettsings]

Interview her!

[@code4738]

The question which I would like to see addressed is what exactly are you selling, especially given the audio and video effects thrown in for good measure? Inquiring minds would like to know.

[@Uma921]

I think he recognizes social media and YT may be the only real chance at disseminating critical information and has invested in making these videos to garner more views.

[@idesigncutethings2196]

He is doing this to spread awareness. We have the internet as a tool to do this. The internet effectively spreads awareness on many things, so he is tapping into that. I am beyond thrilled that he makes all these frequent videos. I want to see change in my lifetime. We have the opioid crises which is common knowledge, & someday this will be common knowledge. The fact that prescribers are missing the side effects of these drugs, and instead adding more drugs when they should be safely tapering their patients off as soon as the harmful effects start, is going to become common knowledge. The fact that prescibers hand psychotropic out like candy and they are hurting people & injuring them will also become common knowledge. My mom went through this in the 80's & 90's and she healed, but there was no internet for her to research on. She would have suffered way less, or probably never took a benzo at all if it was common knowledge how horrible psychotropic meds are. The internet is the way to spread awareness. Dr. Josef has made a video explaining that.

[@katherinelalli776]

Why so cynical?

[@natnat8733]

@@idesigncutethings2196 This.

[@patriciavandevelde5469]

80 euro for a visit of 20 minutes! They have 30 clients day! Money, money 💰

[@nicolelambic]

Joanna is a BOSS!

[@ancabostinariu6550]

She has a point .

[@tinkletink1403]

she ignores that psychedelics do help depression ..... another fail from the psychiatrists

[@manicmurph]

A lot of ssri drugs give you the limp problem.

[@greg1mcintosh844]

Is it just me or is Josef uniquely attractive like I wasn't gay before watching his videos and I don't think he gay is but cause and effect, even tho correlation is not causation, he must be the cause of my new found proclivity.....see the effect psychiatrists have on us when they finally unleash the Truth about psychiatry 😮😊

[@josepud9380]

drug-centered model. It's real

[@turquoiseblue228]

WHY THE F... MUSIC??? Can't listen to that.

[@MrBenflanagan]

You pronounce her name wrong.

[@veilmontTV]

My medication has helped me tremendously. I have adhd and the difference between being on medication and not is groundbreaking. Maybe in some cases were overprescribing but there is a good protion of the country that could benefit greatly from medication. I feel like youre pretty dogmatic about the dangers of medications but dont even seem to look at all the people these drugs have helped.

[@drannamd]

Is your intention to stay on stimulants for life?

[@Chris75030]

"Adhd" ahahhahahhahahahhaha

[@DK-tq3fy]

​@@Chris75030I am glad they helped you. But you have to understand that the medical industry has been denying their harms. Thus doctor is discussing the harmful aspect. He is giving the harmed people a voice. His point is not to tell your story.

[@Chris75030]

@@DK-tq3fy helped me? WHAT???

[@scscyou]

Do you also have experience with non-stimulants? Unlike some other medication that I'm slowly tapering off after they helped against acute problems, I'm considering that taking non-stimulants for life could be a good choice. I'll see the effect in a couple of months, but their reviews by other people make them seem life-changing.