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Chemically Imbalanced: Joanna Moncrieff on the Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth

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When were you in medical school in the UK, were they teaching the DSM III disease model, or did you hear a different story about what causes depression? Moncrieff: When I was in medical school we were taught, as we’re still officially taught now, the biopsychosocial model of mental disorders. The context of their life.

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The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change

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At present, the foundation for international law is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ( CRPD , 2006), of which Australia is a signatory. standard mental hospital procedures unavoidably violate human rights). Is mental disorder a genetic disturbance of brain function, or is it not?