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Take Your Pills: Xanax

Author: Editorial 2nd December 2022 0 Comments

“Take Your Pills: Xanax” – directed by Emmy winner Blair Foster – is the title of a documentary on Netflix that looks at this widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication. Here is a trailer: You can only watch the entire documentary if you…
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anxiety, Blair Foster, drug withdrawal symptoms, Netflix, psychiatry, videos, Xanax

Professor John Read: Antidepressants & Withdrawal Research

Author: Editorial 21st September 2022 0 Comments

The video below features a conversation with Dr. John Read, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. He has published over 180 research papers, primarily on the relationship between adverse life events and psychosis. He also researches…
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antidepressants, drug withdrawal symptoms, John Read, Research, videos

Primum non Nocere: A Psychiatrist’s Review of “Medicating Normal”

Author: Editorial 29th July 2021 0 Comments

This blog post come from psychiatrist Dr. Awais Aftab. It begins: “I was lucky to see a screening copy of the documentary Medicating Normal (2020, directors: Lynn Cunningham & Wendy Ractliffe) earlier this weekend, and this post is intended partly as a review and…
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Awais Aftab, drug withdrawal symptoms, films, Medicating Normal, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

‘Safe’ Z-drug sleeping tablets given to MILLIONS each year are as addictive as Valium – and they can cause crushing anxiety, flu-like effects and suicidal thoughts

Author: Editorial 21st April 2021 0 Comments

Reporting for the Daily Mail, Miranda Levy writes : “Zopiclone is the so-called ‘safer’ sleeping pill dished out by doctors to millions of Britons each year. When it was launched in the 1990s, it was touted as a user-friendly alternative to…
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anxiety, Daily Mail, drug withdrawal symptoms, insomnia, Joanna Moncrieff, Miranda Levy, sleep, sleep disruption, sleeping pills, suicidal thoughts, Z-drug sleeping tablets, Zopiclone

Lasting Damage from Prescribed Drugs

Author: Editorial 5th March 2021 0 Comments

“There is a large-scale failure to appreciate the risks involved in taking drugs that alter brain function on a long-term basis.” This article by psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “The recent furor…
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antidepressants, drug withdrawal symptoms, Joanna Moncrieff, Mad in the UK, neuroleptics, prescription drugs, psychiatry, tardive dyskinesia

Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and Their Families

Author: Editorial 13th January 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin. The publishers say: “This is the first book to establish guidelines and to assist prescribers and therapists in withdrawing their patients from psychiatric drugs, including those patients with long-term exposure to…
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antidepressants, Antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, books, drug withdrawal symptoms, mood stabilisers, person-centred, Peter Breggin, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, stimulants

Withdrawal From Antidepressants: A Review

Author: Editorial 7th December 2020 0 Comments

“We were dismayed to discover, in both the New Zealand and international surveys, that only 1 percent recalled being told anything about withdrawal effects when first prescribed the drugs.” This article from Dr. John Read is subtitled “UK authorities stop minimising…
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addiction, antidepressant side-effects, antidepressants, drug withdrawal symptoms, John Read, psychiatry, Psychology Today

A Straight Talking Introduction To Psychiatric Drugs (2nd Edition): The Truth About How They Work And How To Come Off Them

Author: Editorial 25th November 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff. The publishers say: “In an era when more people are taking psychiatric drugs than ever before, Joanna Moncrieff’s explosive book challenges the claims for their mythical powers. Drawing on extensive research,…
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biochemical imbalance, books, coming off psychiatric drugs, drug withdrawal symptoms, Joanna Moncrieff, PCCS Books, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry

Stopping antidepressants

Author: Editorial 29th October 2020 0 Comments

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has recently issued information about stopping the taking of prescribed antidepressants. It covers the following topics: What are antidepressants? What symptoms might you experience when stopping antidepressants and how severe can they be? What causes antidepressant withdrawal symptoms? Who is affected by antidepressant withdrawal symptoms? How can I tell if it is withdrawal symptoms, or my depression/anxiety coming back? Does this mean that antidepressants are addictive or can cause dependence? When and how to stop antidepressants Examples of tapering plans Appendix 1: Risk of withdrawal symptoms with individual antidepressants Appendix 2: Potential types of withdrawal symptoms The provision of this information is a welcome step – one that the RCP’s counterparts in the USA (the…
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antidepressant side-effects, antidepressants, depression, drug withdrawal symptoms, Royal College of Psychiatrists

Medicating Normal (a film)

Author: Editorial 20th August 2020 1 Comment

Medicating Normal is a film from Periscope Moving Pictures. A virtual screening will take place on Sat, August 22, 2020 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM BST, followed by an interactive discussion. Details from here . Film synopsis: “Medicating Normal follows the journeys…
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depression, drug withdrawal symptoms, films, insomnia, Periscope Moving Pictures, pharmaceutical industry, Psychiatric Drugs, stress, trauma