Second-Generation Antipsychotics Associated With Increased Pneumonia
In a study of 33,024 Taiwanese inpatients, researchers found there was a 3.18 times higher, dose-dependent risk of pneumonia associated with clozapine. Quetiapine, olanzapine,...
The Antidepressant Solution
Book by Joseph Glenmullen, a "Step-by-Step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence and 'Addiction.'"
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Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Will Hall's Harm Reduction Guide, published by the Icarus Project and Freedom Center.
Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry
Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry is a "book of alternatives around the world. (Ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry, therapists, psychiatrists, lawyers, social scientists and relatives report...
Leading Drugs For Psychosis Come Under New Scrutiny
May, 2003 article in the New York Times questioning the promise of second-generation antipsychotics.
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Atypical Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: Systematic Overview and Meta-Regression Analysis
An overview of 52 randomized controlled trials of conventional v. atypical antipsychotics in a total of 12,649 patients, published in the British Medical Journal in...
Benzodiazepines: How They Work and How to Withdraw
Protocol for the Treatment of Benzodiazepine Withdrawal, written by Dr. C. Heather Ashton ("The Ashton Manual"), published and available free of charge on Benzo.org.
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Benzo.org
U.K. based website focussing on benzodiazepine addiction, withdrawal & recovery.
The Case Against Antipsychotic Drugs: a 50-Year Record of Doing More Harm Than Good
Robert Whitaker's comprehensive 2004 review of the record for antipsychotic outcomes.
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Psychrights
The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) is a non-profit public interest law firm whose mission is to mount a strategic legal campaign against...
Coming Off Psychiatric Meds
Comingoff.com is a website that "...aims to give you up to date information about psychiatric medication, how it functions and the withdrawal process. It is...
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal and Protracted Withdrawal Syndrome Round-up
Beyond Meds has numerous resources on the topic of psychiatric drug withdrawal and is a starting point for withdrawal information on the web.
Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs: Successful Withdrawal From Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Lithium, Carbamazepine and Tranquilizers
Compendium of experience from 28 people around the world who have gone through withdrawal, along with the contributions of eight professionals on how they...
Why Is It So Difficult to Stop Psychiatric Drug Treatment?
Joanna Moncrieff's 2006 paper in Medical Hypotheses discusses the possibility that the research on maintenance and discontinuation of medication is flawed because it fails...
International Guide to the World of Alternative Mental Health
Alternative Mental Health.com offers a directory of alternative mental health practitioners, a bookstore, support groups, email lists, and a monthly newsletter in support of reducing...
Rufus May
Rufus May, Ph.d., also known as "The Doctor Who Hears Voices," is a clinical psychologist who has also been forcibly hospitalized, medicated, and diagnosed...
The Road Back
A widely used outpatient drug withdrawal program. The Road Back publishes the free book How to Get Off Psychoactive Drugs Safely.
Hospital Diversion Services: A Manual on Assisting in the Development of a Respite/Diversion Service...
A manual on creating a peer-run hospital diversion respite house, based on the experience of Rose House and the work of PEOPLE, Inc. (Available...
Video: Coming Off Medications: A Harm Reduction Approach
Video by Will Hall explaining some of the important things to consider when choosing to reduce medications.
Addressing Non-Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication: A Harm Reduction Approach
Article in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
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Coming Off Medication
Article by Guy Holmes and Marese Hudson in Mind
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Making Sense of Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Website of Mind, U.K.
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Dopamine Sensitivity a Result of Psychosis, Not a Risk Factor For It
Researchers in the U.K. found that dopamine synthesis among twins with and without diagnoses of schizophrenia was unrelated to diagnosis, suggesting that excess dopamine...
No Evidence For Antidepressants in Depression With Dementia
In a review and meta-analysis of double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomly-assigned trials of antidepressants marketed in the U.S., researchers at the University of California failed to...
Adolescents at Risk for Psychosis Do Worse On Antipsychotics
In a study of 53 adolescents at risk for psychosis, researchers from Canada and the U.S. looked at treatment with antidepressants, antipsychotics, and no...
