Tag: antidepressants
New Rating Tool for Tapering Antidepressants and Antipsychotics
Researchers developed a rating scale to better assess service usersâ experiences tapering antidepressant and/or antipsychotic medication.
Jim van Os and Peter Groot: When Assessing Antidepressant Withdrawal Methods,...
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.
Garbage in, Garbage out: The Newest Cochrane Meta-Analysis of Depression Pills...
In May 2021, Cochrane published a network meta-analysis of depression pills for children. The abstract is misleading and reads like drug company marketing.
Four Essential Studies on Antidepressant Withdrawal Every Prescriber Must Read
A researcher and service user Stevie Lewis recounts her own experience with antidepressant withdrawal and what she wishes her doctors knew.
No, the FDAâs Black Box Warning Did not Increase Suicides
Researchers again debunk the claim that the FDA black box warnings on antidepressants led to more suicides.
Psychotherapy Can Prevent Relapse When Discontinuing Antidepressants
âShort and simple psychological programs can prevent people from relapsing when they stop their antidepressants.â
Allen Frances Takes on the Over-Prescription of Antidepressants
The prominent psychiatrist explores why antidepressants remain highly overprescribed and offers solutions to the problem.
Mental Health Survival Kit, Chapter 2: Is Psychiatry Evidence Based? (Part...
On Denmark's declining use of depression pills for children, and why one should never stop fighting to change psychiatry and society's reliance on it.
Cochrane Review Calls for More Research on Antidepressant Withdrawal
Researchers find a lack of current literature on safe, effective ways to manage antidepressant withdrawal and make suggestions for future research.
Mental Health Survival Kit, Chapter 2: Is Psychiatry Evidence Based? (Part...
The psychiatrists have fought really hard to hide the terrible truth that depression pills double the risk of suicide, not only in children but also in adults.
Internet Forum for Tapering Psychiatric Drugs Provides Novel Insights
After 15 years, the founder of SurvivingAntidepressants.org, Adele Framer, shares what she has learned about the science of withdrawing from psychiatric drugs.
Antidepressant Withdrawal Misdiagnosed as Functional Disorder
Adverse physiological symptoms of antidepressant withdrawal are regularly mistaken to be other problems to the detriment of the patient.
Antidepressants Still Linked to Increased Suicide Risk
Bias and financial conflicts in antidepressant trials âcontribute to systematic underestimation of risk in the published literature.â
Another Failed Study of âPersonalizedâ Depression Treatment
Due to lackluster antidepressant study results, researchers test if subgroups of depressed patients show greater improvement.
Book Review: “Prescription for Sorrow” by Patrick D. Hahn
There are quite a few books published about the lack of benefit and harm caused by so-called "antidepressants." Prescription for Sorrow, by Patrick Hahn, is simply the best one I have read.
Welcome to Planet Psychiatry
With the leadership of industry and their cosseted, lapdog doctors, psychiatric medications are prescribed indiscriminately to nearly anyone entering a physicianâs office with a psychological complaint.
Researchers Document Protracted Withdrawal from Antidepressants
Protracted Withdrawal Syndrome characterized by long-term adverse experiences after coming off of antidepressants.
Researchers: âAntidepressants Should Be Avoided in Bipolar Depressionâ
New research finds that antidepressants are not effective for bipolar disorder and can worsen symptoms of mania.
Listening to the Patient Voice: The Antidepressant Withdrawal Experience
Patient advocates join with researchers and service users to present first-hand experiences of antidepressant withdrawal.
Insane Medicine, Chapter 5: The Manufacture of Childhood Depression (Part 2)
The promotion of SSRI antidepressant use began with the pharmaceutical industry and occurs despite evidence that these drugs are harmful, not helpful, in children and adolescents.
Literally Indescribable: Are Antidepressants Addictive?
âMy life was very, very good.â Thatâs how Michael sums up how things were for himâprior to his suffering from devastating withdrawal effects after discontinuing GlaxoSmithKlineâs blockbuster drug Paxil.
Exploring Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Town Hall Discussion Series
Our new discussion series aims to explore what we do and donât know about safe withdrawal from antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and stimulants.
Suicide Rates Did Not Decrease When Antidepressant Drugs Were Introduced
Researchers investigate the claim that the introduction of antidepressant drugs led to decreases in suicide rates internationally.
Researchers: Antidepressant Use in Children Increases Suicide, No Evidence of Benefit
Noted antidepressant researcher, Michael Hengartner, summarizes the latest research on the use of antidepressants in children and adolescents.
The Reckoning in Psychiatry Over Protracted Antidepressant Withdrawal
Medically-induced harmâaffecting tens of millions of people worldwideâhas taken the field decades to take seriously.
