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Tag: Are antidepressants overprescribed?

By Hole Ousia Posted on November 24, 2025November 25, 2025

Are antidepressants overprescribed? Yes.

Recently, Dr Des Spence submitted, after more than a decade, a follow up to his 2013 ‘Head to Head’ debate in the BMJ with Prof Ian C Reid [see here … Continue reading Are antidepressants overprescribed? Yes.

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, British Medical Journal, History of medicine, Psychiatry, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: Antidepressant withdrawal, antidepressants, Are antidepressants overprescribed?, BMJ, chemical imbalance theory, Defeat Depression Campaign, Des Spence, overmedicalisation, Paroxetine, PE1651, prescribed harm, Professor Ian C Reid, Professor John Crichton, RCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatrists, serotonin theory, Seroxat, SSRIs
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