In This episode Alice interviews prof. Joanna Moncrieff, practicing psychiatrist and professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London.

Together they discuss:

The origin and evidence for the current theory of mental distress: The Theory of the Chemical Imbalance in the Brain.

How to chose if to start medications

How to stop medications

and the help available

So that you can make an informed choice!

You can find the information on antidepressant on the UK Royal College of Psychiatry HERE

The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines HERE

More information on prof. Joanna Moncrieff HERE

and her books:

Chemically Imbalanced HERE

Straight Talking about Psychiatric Drugs HERE

The Myth of the Chemical Cure HERE

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The way we interpret reality determines how we feel and how we act in life and the response from the world.

So by changing our interpretation of reality, we can change how we fee and what we do, and therefore the response of the environment.

In this episode Alice explains what the Confirmation Bias is and describes a few techniques that you can use to challenge thoughts when unhelpful.

To know more about the techniques explained in this episode, please have a look at the Living a Meaningful and Successful Life program: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/meaningful-successful-life-online-course

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You can access the FREE resources here: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resources

and to know more about the Confirmation Bias, please read on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

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In this episode Alice explains why fear is not the enemy and what to do to overcome it.

You do not want to overcome the Ring of Fear just for the sake of it, you want to overcome it when that particular fear is a limitation to living the life you want to live.

The only way to overcome fear is to go through it and emerge on the other side, expanding your comfort zone in the process.

Stop going around in circles inside your comfort zone, make friend with fear and start moving in the direction of what you value in life.

Free resources to do so: https://crossroadspsychology.co.uk/crossroads-psychology-free-resources

Send questions to: mentalchats@crossroadspsychology.co.uk

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