International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal

Experts call for fewer antidepressants to be prescribed in UK

Author: Editorial 6th December 2023 0 Comments

“Open letter to government from experts and politicians says rising usage ‘is a clear example of over-medicalisation’” This report by Tobi Thomas has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “Medical experts and politicians have called for the amount of antidepressants…
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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 1: First Steps

Author: Editorial 18th August 2023 0 Comments

This article from J.A. Carter-Winward has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “My husband, Kent, knew he couldn’t leave me alone. I was unsafe and suicidal. In my conscious mind, I knew I was unsafe because I was going…
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Prescribers often fail to support patients discontinuing antidepressants, study finds

Author: Editorial 3rd May 2023 0 Comments

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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