Seroxat (Paxil) & SSRI User Group
The Seroxat & SSRI User Group was founded to support and advise patients experiencing problems with Seroxat (Paxil). This English-based group offers information, forums,...
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their FamiliesÂ
Dr. Peter Breggin's book Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and Families is meant for prescribers, therapists, patients and their families who want...
Beyondmeds.com
Beyond Meds presents alternatives to psychiatry, along with information and support for withdrawal and recovery.
Hearing Voices Network Launches Family & Friends Support Group
One of the HVN's fundamental principles is that "the person having these experiences is in the best position to decide or discover what they mean" and thus each person must "not try to speak for" another. The challenge for a family group will likely be for members to move past speaking about our loved ones to find or imagine the space where we ourselves are liberated.
Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Will Hall's Harm Reduction Guide, published by the Icarus Project and Freedom Center.
Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs: Successful Withdrawal from Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Lithium, Carbamazepine and Tranquilizers
The world-wide first book about the issue of coming off psychiatric drugs. "Successful coming down from psychiatric drugs primarily addresses treated people who want...
Benzo Buddies
Benzo Buddies provides information and support to plan and execute a benzodiazepine withdrawal schedule.
Benzodiazepines Co-operation Not Confrontation (BCNC)
BCNC is a website aimed at helping people reduce from benzodiazepines. It includes links, book reviews, support groups, and other information.
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.
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...
EFT for Medication Withdrawal
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) involves tapping on stress-relieving points of the body while reciting affirmations to help manage withdrawal symptoms. This approach has been...
Action Platform for Patients’ Group on Involuntary Tranquilizer Addiction
This group evolved as a campaigning group for patientsâ rights on the issue of involuntary tranquilliser addiction
Paxil Progress
Paxil Progress is a forum for people engaged in withdrawal from Paxil. It also offers adverse drug reaction reporting, FDA Warnings, published withdrawal studies,...
Jim van Os and Peter Groot: When Assessing Antidepressant Withdrawal Methods, RCTs Fall Short
Jim van Os and Peter Groot discuss their paper: âSuccessful Use of Tapering Strips for Hyperbolic Reduction of Antidepressant Dose: A Cohort Studyâ published in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology.
Recovery Road
Recovery Road Wellness Project's focus is on providing self-help and coping strategies to individuals currently experiencing benzo and antidepressant withdrawal and dependency, and on...
Xanax WithdrawalÂ
Xanax Withdrawal is a short 42-page book by Dr. Stuart Shipko, a clinician in Pasadena, California who has focused to some degree on tapering...
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...
Coming Off Psych Drugs: A Meeting of the Minds
A 2013 film by Daniel Mackler. "In June of 2012, twenty-three people came together to discuss the subject of coming off psychiatric drugs. We...
Recovery & Renewal: Your essential guide to overcoming dependency and withdrawal from sleeping pills,...
"Recovery and Renewal is an essential guide for overcoming dependency and withdrawal from sleeping pills, other benzodiazepine tranquillisers and antidepressants. It is a useful, insightful...
Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric...
Written by Peter Breggin, MD and David Cohen, PhD in 2007, this book seeks to "expose the shortcomings of psychiatric drugs and to guide...
Surviving Antidepressants
Surviving Antidepressants provides volunteer peer support for antidepressant withdrawal, while tapering off and after you quit.
New Research on Patient-Centered Deprescribing for Antipsychotics
Researchers review the risks and benefits of deprescribing from antipsychotic drugs and advocate for a patient-centered approach to tapering.
Video on Coming off Medications: A Harm Reduction Approach
This 39-minute video by therapist and activist Will Hall provides some basic guidance for anyone considering reducing or coming off psychiatric medications and their...
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...
Search Nursing Home Deficiency Reports
ProPublica offers an interactive tool that lets you search nursing home inspection reports for problems such as antipsychotic overprescribing.