Joanna Moncrieff

Joanna Moncrieff is Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at the Department of Epidemiology & Applied Clinical Research, University College London. Her work focuses on psychiatric drug treatment analysis, history, and critique of pharmaceutical evidence.

• Doctor of Medicine (2004)
• ORCID: 0000-0003-1214-6974
• Course organizer for UCL MRCPsych program

Research interests include:

• Critique of psychiatric drug evidence
• History of mental health treatment
• Pharmaceutical industry influence
• Diagnosis in psychiatric practice
• Political aspects of drug treatment
• Development of patient-centered outcomes

Recent publications analyze antidepressant withdrawal, antipsychotic discontinuation, outcome measurement in trials, and the social model of mental health. She co-authored the RADAR trial on antipsychotic reduction and developed the Discriminatory Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms Scale (DAWSS).

She authored two influential books:

• The Myth of the Chemical Cure (Palgrave Macmillan)
• A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs (PCCS Books)