Changing the Mental Health Narrative With Kelly Brogan

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KELLY BROGAN

Dr. Kelly Brogan is a holistic psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, Own Your Self, the children’s book, A Time For Rain, and co-editor of the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression. She is the founder of the online healing program Vital Mind Reset, and the membership community, Vital Life Project. Kelly completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College, and has a B.S. from M.I.T. in Systems Neuroscience. Kelly specializes in a root-cause resolution approach to psychiatric syndromes and symptoms.

TODAY, WE'RE CHATTING ABOUT…

What inspired Kelly to put down her prescription pad for good
Why Kelly doesn't consider herself an unethical person for prescribing meds
How to know when you're ready to question information that is in the dominant orthodoxy
What Kelly thought would happen when people read A Mind of Your Own
Whether or not mental illness is due to a chemical imbalance
Why people believe medications save their life
The risks of taking mental health medications
Why science is not what it used to be
How to approach a doctor-client relationship to avoid brainwashing
Why Kelly believes you can't get informed consent from the person delivering the intervention
The explanation for schizophrenia and bipolar
Why it's harmful to cold turkey your medications
Whether or not there is a time or place for mental health medications