Millions of Britons taking antidepressants have been ‘sold a myth’, warns leading expert

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Millions of Britons taking antidepressants have been ‘sold a myth’, warns leading expert

Millions of people have been wrongly told depression is caused by low levels of ‘happy hormones’ in the brain, a leading psychiatrist has claimed. Professor Joanna Moncrieff says the “chemical imbalance” explanation given to generations of patients is a myth - and antidepressants do not work by correcting a proven fault in the brain. Instead, she argues, the drugs may relieve distress by numbing people’s emotions, …