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Since a 5 year marketing campaign in the 1990s the prescribing of antidepressants has risen year on year. The marketing promoted the idea that antidepressants were “safe and effective” alongside a key message that there will be No difficulty in stopping them.
What is shared here is an archive of a range of material on antidepressants
Following the publication of the REDUCE trial by Kendrick et al a number of clarifications and questions have been asked in relation to the study design, the conclusions made and … Continue reading “The majority, 60% had recurrent depression”
I have been trying to trace this old book but it seems to have gone out of print. I am not even sure that it exists. I hope that this … Continue reading ‘The over-certain doctor insists’
At the beginning of June 2008 I sent an e-mail to Dr Leon Eisenberg, a former child psychiatrist, and a man of philosophy and science: Dr Eisenberg was then 89 … Continue reading Were we asleep at the wheel?
There is less than 2 weeks to go till the 2024 Summer Meeting of the British Association for Psychopharmacology [BAP]. This year it is being held in Birmingham. As ever, … Continue reading BAP! It’s boom time in industry!
Up the ante! Anti-this, Anti-that! A binary absurdity dividing reality: Making opposites of us all. Up the ANTI- Up the ante! Standing outside the circle of listeners, a Venn diagram … Continue reading Up the ANTI-
An influential British mental health professional recently stated this in relation to the potential risk of dependence and withdrawal from psychiatric drugs: “To suggest that taking prescribed medication is somehow … Continue reading “Yet another dog-eared anti-psych trope”
This is from Chapter 5 of Thinking About Medicine – An Introduction to the Philosophy of Healthcare, by David Misselbrook: TWINNED HISTORIC AND PRESENT-DAY CASE REPORTS It was the mid-1990s … Continue reading Twinned historic and present-day case reports