Tag: antidepressants
Ambushed by Antidepressants for 30 Years
They helped me function for a while, but the debilitating side effects of antidepressants held me prisoner. I'm still having a hard time understanding how this could have happened. It's been suggested to me by a therapist that what I'm going through now is another kind of PTSD: the ongoing trauma of realizing what antidepressants did to me for 30 years.
Psychological Interventions Can Help When Tapering Off Antidepressants
Meta-analysis of antidepressant tapering finds CBT and MBCT can aid in tapering, but limited studies met inclusion criteria.
New Study Finds Limited Effectiveness for Antidepressants After Stroke
The researchers found that although antidepressants had a slight short-term effect on reducing the likelihood of depression diagnosis, there was no long-term improvement, nor any improvement in motor functioning.
Researchers Push Back Against Recommendation to Combine Antidepressants for Suicide Prevention
Researchers challenge the recommendation of starting two antidepressants simultaneously to increase preventative effects against suicide.
Pooling Data May Hide Negative Outcomes for Antidepressants
A new study, published in Psychological Medicine, found evidence for a specific type of publication bias distorting the evidence about antidepressant efficacy.
SNRIs Added to the List of Drugs with Potential Withdrawal Symptoms
New research suggests that clinicians should exercise caution prescribing SNRIs as first-line treatment for mood and anxiety disorders.
75% of Med Students on Antidepressants or Stimulants (or Both)
From Pamela Wible MD: "In 1990, even I was severely depressed as a first-year med student. So my mom (a psychiatrist) mailed me a bottle...
Antidepressant Use Climbs as Patients Find it Difficult to Discontinue
Findings point to the role of withdrawal symptoms and prescriber practices in long-term antidepressant use.
Antidepressants May Cause Antibiotic Resistance
From Medical Xpress: "A key ingredient in common antidepressants such as Prozac could be causing antibiotic resistance, according to new University of Queensland research.
A...
Are Drug Side Effects Driving Depression Rates?
A new study finds that more than a third of Americans are taking prescription drugs that can cause depressive symptoms as a side-effect.
Researcher Challenges Clinical Effectiveness of Antidepressants
A new article in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine addresses common misinterpretations of the efficacy research on antidepressants.
OpEd Misrepresents Effects of Black Box Warning
From The Lown Institute: "The authors’ conclusion is that the warning is preventing children and young adults from receiving needed treatment, and therefore, 'It’s...
Don’t Tell Me to Shut Up: The “Et Tu, Brute” Stigma...
From Psych Central: "After sharing my eccentric journey to recovery in a new book, I’ve been accused of being anti-psychiatry. I’m not anti-psychiatry. I’m...
Technology Shows Us How Antidepressants Are Changing Animals’ Behaviour
From The Conversation: "Antidepressants don’t just affect human libidos. New research shows that female starlings fed food spiked with the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac), were less 'attractive'...
Publication Bias Inflates Perceived Efficacy of Depression Treatments, Study Finds
Researchers report the cumulative effects of major biases on the apparent efficacy of antidepressant and psychotherapy treatments.
Conflicts of Interest Questioned in Royal College of Psychiatry’s Participation in...
From: James Moore, antidepressant withdrawal sufferer, on behalf of the 30 other signatories to today’s letter.
London, UK – A fellow of the Royal College...
Challenges for the Next Phase of Integrated Medicaid Care in OR
From The Lund Report: "Access to the current disease-centered system of mental health care will almost certainly mean worse outcomes for many people than if...
Antidepressant Prescriptions for Children on the Rise
From BBC News: The number of antidepressants prescribed to children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland has risen over the past three years, figures...
“After Taking Antidepressants, My Genitals Felt Numb”
From The Guardian: "I had a normal libido and a good sex life until I was 22 and prescribed an SSRI antidepressant. I had been with...
FDA Shakes Up Guidance on Antidepressant Trial Design
From MedPage Today: "The FDA released new draft guidance for development and testing new pharmacologic agents indicated to treat major depressive disorder (MDD).
For example, the new guidance...
Antidepressants Work for Major Depression! Not So Fast
From Medscape Psychiatry: "This latest meta-analysis claims to have found something different—that antidepressants are effective. In fact, its results are basically the same...
How to Help Someone Who is Suicidal
Together, we can hold individuals who are plumbing the depths of their pain and help them to transform it. We can show them that there is another, med-free way to accept themselves and that there is precedent for what it looks like to break free from psychiatry, its labels, and consciousness-warping chemicals.
Citizens Petition Calls for Sexual Side Effect Warnings
Researchers take action after study exposes enduring sexual dysfunction as a potential side effect of serotonin reuptake inhibiting antidepressants, 5α-reductase inhibitors, and isotretinoin.
Researcher Critiques Misleading Media Coverage of Lancet Antidepressant Meta-Analysis
The BMJ’s clinical editor takes issue with uncritical media coverage of antidepressant network meta-analysis, outlining reporting missteps.
Joanna Moncrieff and Carmine Pariante Debate Antidepressants
On June 19th, Joanna Moncrieff and Carmine Pariante held an online antidepressant Q&A session with host Danny Whittaker. There was an initial debate, followed...
