Tag: antidepressant discontinuation
New Study Explores Approaches to Discontinuing Antidepressants
Psychiatrist and psychologist outline pharmacological and psychotherapeutic strategies for discontinuing antidepressants.
How Antidepressant Withdrawal ‘Can Trap People’
Psychiatrist Dr Allen Frances argues when people face "mild, transient depression," antidepressants shouldn't become "a way of treating the aches and pains of everyday life."
Antidepressant Withdrawal, Online Data, and a Bottom Line
In this piece for Psychiatric Times, James Phelps MD writes about the lack of official data on the number of people trying to come off antidepressants and mentions the work of the peer support organisation Surviving Antidepressants.
Letter to The New York Times: Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover...
Ten years ago, the recent New York Times article entitled âMany People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Canât Quitâ would have shocked me. I would have dismissed serious medication withdrawal as rare. But I tell my patients something different today.
Professor John Read: The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Antidepressant Withdrawal
Patients, academics and psychiatrists formally complain that the president of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists has misled the public over antidepressant safety. Professor John Read talks to us about recent events.
Formal Complaint to the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists
Professor John Read and colleagues recently wrote to the President of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists to raise concerns about statements made in a letter published in the Times newspaper. Having not received a satisfactory response to this letter, Professor Read and colleagues have today lodged a formal complaint with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Study Examines the Difficulty of Withdrawing from Antidepressant Drugs
Correcting unnecessary long-term antidepressant use is difficult and met with apprehension by providers and service-users.