Difficult lives explain depression better than broken brains

Joanna Moncrieff^{1

2}, Ruth E Cooper³, Tom Stockmann⁴, Simone Amendola⁵, Michael P Hengartner⁵, Mark A Horowitz^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK. j.moncrieff@ucl.ac.uk.
² Research and Development Department, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), Rainham, UK. j.moncrieff@ucl.ac.uk.
³ NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ Praevmedic, Zürich, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁶ Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
⁷ Research and Development Department, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), Rainham, UK.

Comment

Joanna Moncrieff et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;29(1):206-209.

doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02462-3. Epub 2024 Feb 19.

Joanna Moncrieff^{1

2}, Ruth E Cooper³, Tom Stockmann⁴, Simone Amendola⁵, Michael P Hengartner⁵, Mark A Horowitz^{6

7}

¹ Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK. j.moncrieff@ucl.ac.uk.
² Research and Development Department, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), Rainham, UK. j.moncrieff@ucl.ac.uk.
³ NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ Praevmedic, Zürich, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁶ Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
⁷ Research and Development Department, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), Rainham, UK.

No abstract available

Comment on

Neither serotonin disorder is at the core of depression nor dopamine at the core of schizophrenia; still these are biologically based mental disorders.
Fountoulakis KN, Tsapakis EM. Fountoulakis KN, et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Jan;29(1):198-199. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02458-z. Epub 2024 Feb 19. Mol Psychiatry. 2024. PMID: 38374355 No abstract available.

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