Hyperbolic tapering ā what is it and how do you do it? Find out in this webinar for clinicians.
Psychiatric researcher and clinician Mark Horowitz, MBBS, PhD, originator of the Horowitz-Taylor method for hyperbolic tapering of psychotropics and lead author of the 2024Ā Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines for Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs, will present an overview of the facilitators in implementing careful tapering in clinical practice, as well as some barriers.
Mark also will touch upon a few advanced techniques, such as micro-tapering, the art of updosing and reinstatement, and managing protracted withdrawal.
A short question and answer period will follow Markās presentation. A video of the webinar will be available for those who register but find they cannot attend.Ā Please register for this webinar today.
TheĀ Maudsley Deprescribing GuidelinesĀ have been endorsed by the UK Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. With this book as a basis, Mark, who is a Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry in the NHS, has been commissioned by Health Education England to prepare a teaching module for NHS clinicians on how to safely stop antidepressants.
Mark holds a PhD from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at Kingās College London in the neurobiology of depression and antidepressant action. He is Visiting Lecturer in Psychopharmacology at Kingās College London and an Associate Editor of the journal Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology.
He co-authored theĀ Royal College of Psychiatristsā guidance on āStopping AntidepressantsāĀ and his work informed the recent NICE guidelines on safe tapering of psychiatric medications, including antidepressants, benzodiazepines and z-drugs. He has worked with the NHS to develop national guidance for safe deprescribing for clinicians.
Mark has written many papers about safe approaches to tapering psychiatric medications, including publications in The Lancet Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, and Schizophrenia Bulletin.
His own experience of difficulty of coming off psychiatric medications has informed his interest in rational psychopharmacology and deprescribing psychiatric medication.
Register today! We will email a reminder and webinar link shortly before the date of the webinar.Ā Registration closes noon PST July 26, 2025.Ā A video of the webinar will be available for those who register but find they cannot attend. If you do not wish to RSVP but are interested in receiving notification of other PDC events,Ā please complete this form.
We at Antidepressantrisks.org are honouring Prescribed Harm Awareness Day by hosting a Stolen Lives picnic at Hyde Park in London on 29th July from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.
We would like to invite anyone who has lost someone to medication-induced suicide, or anyone who has been harmed themselves by prescription drugs.Ā Of course, friends and supporters are also very welcome.
Please RSVP here by selecting a free or donation based ticket. Attendance is free, but donations are welcome to support the event and our ongoing efforts. We rely solely on donations fromĀ individuals.Ā We kindly ask that you register in advance so we can plan accordingly.
We will send updates to you about the day via the email address you sign up with.
Please do bring refreshments and snacks to share.
This is a space for families, survivors, friends, and supporters to come together, share stories, and honour lives lost or harmed - please bring photos of your loved ones.
Summer camp for mad people, survivors, neurodivergent and escapees from psychiatry. Food nature funĀ music friendship community. 2 hours north of San Francisco at a mountain retreat center; our third year in a row! Scholarships available. Applications now open. Check outĀ www.madcamp.net.
Summer camp for mad people, survivors, neurodivergent and escapees from psychiatry. Food nature funĀ music friendship community. 2 hours north of San Francisco at a mountain retreat center; our third year in a row! Scholarships available. Applications now open. Check outĀ www.madcamp.net.
Summer camp for mad people, survivors, neurodivergent and escapees from psychiatry. Food nature funĀ music friendship community. 2 hours north of San Francisco at a mountain retreat center; our third year in a row! Scholarships available. Applications now open. Check outĀ www.madcamp.net.
Summer camp for mad people, survivors, neurodivergent and escapees from psychiatry. Food nature funĀ music friendship community. 2 hours north of San Francisco at a mountain retreat center; our third year in a row! Scholarships available. Applications now open. Check outĀ www.madcamp.net.
