Michael P. Hengartner

Michael Pascal Hengartner
MSc, PhD
NationalitySwiss
EducationMaster of Science (MSc): clinical psychology, psychopathology, and criminology (2009); Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): psychology (2013)
Occupation(s)Psychologist; Professor; Medical researcher
Years active2010–present
Medical career
ProfessionProfessor; Psychologist; Researcher
InstitutionsSection for Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology, ZHAW School of Applied Psychology
ResearchPsychiatry; Psychology
Notable worksEvidence-biased Antidepressant Prescription Overmedicalisation, Flawed Research, and Conflicts of Interest (Hengartner, 2022)

Michael Pascal Hengartner is an academic psychologist at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences who has published on the subject of antidepressants and in other areas. In 2022, he published a book called Evidence-Biased Antidepressant Prescription: Overmedicalisation, Flawed Research, and Conflicts of Interest. He has also published with other notable researchers such as Joanna Moncrieff and Irving Kirsch.