FOR the INSTITUTION
It is by the institution’s rules that we learn, said a spokesperson FOR the INSTITUTION. It is ‘brave to speak up’ for the institution, said a spokesperson FOR the INSTITUTION. … Continue reading FOR the INSTITUTION
Tag: Antidepressant withdrawal
Antidepressant withdrawal with Tony Kendrick and Mark Horowitz
This BMJ Talk Medicine podcast can be listened to here. It was published on 28 March 2023. In this podcast Dr Mark Horowitz gives clear and practical advice. Given the … Continue reading Antidepressant withdrawal with Tony Kendrick and Mark Horowitz
The ANTLER trial
The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines state that tapering of the antidepressant Sertraline normally takes between 3 months and 2 years. However, in the ANTLER trial 70% people who had been taking … Continue reading The ANTLER trial
“A wrong un’ when you see it”
An old post written 5 years ago: The January 2019 edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry has, as its theme: Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders. In the Journal a “consensus definition” … Continue reading “A wrong un’ when you see it”
Suffer such severe withdrawal symptoms
The full article can be found here. It was the news that many had been waiting for. Earlier this month, world-renowned medical journal The Lancet published a study that ‘proved’ … Continue reading Suffer such severe withdrawal symptoms
UK psychiatry continues to minimise harmful experiences of antidepressants
I made this film 13 years ago [link below]. Since making this film, antidepressant prescribing to Scottish adults has risen from 1 in 9 Scots to 1 in 4. This … Continue reading UK psychiatry continues to minimise harmful experiences of antidepressants
failed once again
My wife wrote down these notes after reading this published opinion: Please read this for more.
Ten things every psychiatrist should (hopefully) know . . .
This is one of the educational seminars to be held at the RCPsych International Congress in Edinburgh, in June of this year: I worked as an NHS psychiatrist for over … Continue reading Ten things every psychiatrist should (hopefully) know . . .