A new study on antidepressants is going viral, thanks to the right-wing media. But who is the psychiatrist behind the paper?
suggests that taking SSRIs may actually reduce a person’s risk of dying from Covid). When asked for further evidence to support this view, Moncrieff demurred, saying, “
In speaking about the dangers of SSRIs, Moncrieff has dabbled in the same vein of light conspiratorial thinking that characterizes her views on vaccines. “I have been asked whether I think this is evidence of a conspiracy by drug companies to suppress evidence of the dangers of their products,” she wrote in a 2016on SSRIs, suicidality, and aggression. “It may be, but it is also evidence of a more systemic failing.
While Aftab may believe it is not an accident that the paper was embraced by the right, Moncrieff is somewhat perturbed by the segment of the U.S. media currently championing her research. “I am perplexed at why this story has been taken up by the right-wing media more than the left,” she says.
“People have heard myriad buzzwords about chemical balance, serotonin deficiency, or talk about brain disorders. That’s the message that has been coming from medical and psychiatric associations, which has been linked to this idea about medications correcting chemical imbalance,” Aftab says. “When most people think of depression, they think in these terms — there’s some sort of chemical imbalance and the medication is correcting it.
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