‘Growing crisis’: Thousands more 12 to 15 years olds being prescribed antidepressants
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Prescribers often fail to support patients discontinuing antidepressants, study finds
This report by Ashley Bobak has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “A majority of patients seeking medical support when discontinuing antidepressants found their prescribing doctors to be unhelpful, according to the results of the second-largest international…
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Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Suicide Note
Antidepressants increase the risk of suicide for some patients, scientists warn
“Research into reports of people taking their own life showed drugs can be the motive and also give them the means” This report by Sarah Knapton has been published in The Telegraph. It begins: “Antidepressants raise the risk of suicide while also giving people the means…
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Services for People Withdrawing From Antidepressants
“New study documents what antidepressant users need to help them come off safely.” Key Points: One in four people will experience severe withdrawal symptoms when trying to reduce or come off antidepressants. There are no specialized services to support people…
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After skool: Mark Horowitz – common misconceptions about depression & antidepressants
Dr. Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist and Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. He has a doctorate in the neurobiology of depression and the action of antidepressants from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s…
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Running Therapy For Depression as Effective as Antidepressants Without the Health Risks
‘The medical model has presided over four decades of flat-lining outcomes’
How a depression test devised by a Zoloft marketer became a crutch for a failing mental health system
Estimating Risk of Antidepressant Withdrawal from a Review of Published Data
