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By Hole Ousia Posted on December 21, 2022March 21, 2023

“Promulgating therapeutic recommendations”

The following letter, written by Dr Philip Cowen and Dr Chris Thompson, was published in the BMJ in October 1994 [this, as it happens, being mid-way through the ‘Defeat Depression … Continue reading “Promulgating therapeutic recommendations”

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, British Medical Journal, History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical writings, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Psychiatry, Stigma, suicideTags: 10.4088/jcp.v59n1009, 1992, 305:1 198-202, a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, A House, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, A T Tylee, A Wright, ABPI, Academic Highlights, antidepressant, antidepressants, Antiquary, APPG Prescribed Medication Review, ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’, BAP, Baroness Cumberlege, Big Pharma, BMJ, BMJ 1994;309:249, British Association for Psychopharmacology, C M Harris, C Ronalds, C Salisbury, C Thompson, C V R Blacker, chemical imbalance, chemical imbalance theory, Chris Thompson, Citalopram, Consensus panel, Consensus statement, Cumberlege Review, D Bhugra, D G Wilkinson, D Goldberg, D Pereira Gray, D Sharp, David Baldwin, David Michelson, Defeat Depression Campaign, dependence, Disclosure UK, discontinuation, Discontinuation of antidepressant therapy [1997 symposium], Discontinuation of antidepressant therapy: emerging complications and their relevance, Dr Chris Thompson, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr Stuart Montgomery, Drug industry, duloxetine, E S Paykel, Education and Debate, Eli Lilly, ethics, Eugene Paykel, F Song, first do no harm, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine, fully infomed consent, fully informed consent, G Ashcroft, Geneva, Good Medical Practice, guidelines, Hole Ousia, How to Defeat Depression, J Clin Psychiatry, J L Scott, J M Mason, Jerrold F Rosenbaum, Key Opinion Leaders, KOL, L Gask, law of the few, letter written by Dr Philip Cowen and Dr Chris Thompson, Lilly Research, Maudsley, Mirtazapine, N Freemantle, Narrative Controllers, New guidance, New guidance in recognising and managing depression in General Practice, Nick J Coupland, No sunshine for Scotland, P E Bebbington, P Freeling, P Smith, P Surtees, P Tyrer, Paid Opinion Leader, paid opinion leaders, paid opinion leaders are a blot on medicine’s integrity and we should make them a thing of the past, Paroxetine, PE1493, PE1651, Peter Gordon, Peter Haddad, pharma, Philip Cowen, Philip Cowen Professor of Psychopharmacology, Philip J Cowen, Prescribed Drug Dependence, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Prescribed harm, Prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors as strategy for prevention of suicide, Probity, Prof Philip Cowen, Professor Chris Thompson, Professor of Psychiatry, Professor Philip Cowen, Promulgating therapeutic recommendations, Psychiatric Bulletin, psychiatrist, Psychiatrists, Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology Committee, published in the BMJ in October 1994, R Corney, R France, R G Priest, R Steel, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, Realistic Psychiatry, rebel antiquary, Register of Interests, Robin Priest, S A Montgomery, Science Media Centre, Science Media centre and Transparency, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Sertraline, SMC, Social maverick, sponsored by an unrestricted grant, SSRI, SSRIs, suicide, suicide prevention, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Sunshine legislation, Switzerland, T A Sheldon, T O'Dowd, T S Brugha, that regularly turn out to be hazardous to patients, The Antiquary, The Defeat Depression Campaign was a five-year national campaign launched in January 1992 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in association with the Royal College of General Practitioners, The Law of the Few, The Narrative Controllers, The Rebel Antiquary, Transparency, Transparency at the Top, unjustly neglected phenomenon, Venlafaxine, withdrawal, World Psychiatric Association

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 9, 2022March 21, 2023

‘A generation in crisis’

The following article featured in the Scottish Sunday Mail, 4 December 2022: The article continues: The pandemic also had a profound effect on youngsters who were forced to spend almost … Continue reading ‘A generation in crisis’

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Classification of mental illness, History of medicine, Medical humanities, NHS Scotland, Psychiatry, Stigma, suicideTags: 4 December 2022, A generation in crisis, A generation in crisis as almost 18000 teeenagers take antidepressants, akathisia, anti-depressant, antidepressant, antidepressants, Antidepressants (Overuse), Antiquary, Are antidepressants overprescribed? No, austerity, Beverley Thomson, British Psychiatry: The Cumberlege Review, Cameron Charters, Citalopram, Covid-19, Dr Christmas stated that “depression is under-recognised across all age groups” and that “maintenance treatment has a good risk-benefit ratio.”, Dr Peter Gordon, FOI, Hole Ousia, I have now witnessed the Scottish Government’s Department of Health seeming to disbelieve the evidence presented in three separate health-related petitions, Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, Key Information on the use of antidepressants, lock down, Maggie Mellon, Mental illness, PE1651, PE1651: Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Peter Gordon, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Professor John Crichton: 'Good to refresh my memory of this', Psychiatry, Psychiatry dependent on its authority is finding withdrawal seriously difficult, Psychiatry in Fabula, Public Health Scotland, Realistic Medicine, rebel antiquary, Remember Amy, Scotland, Scottish Sunday Mail, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Social maverick, SSRI, Stephanie Craig, suicidality, suicide, The Antiquary, The Expert told Parliament that there is “compelling evidence” for long-term treatment with antidepressants, The following article featured in the Scottish Sunday Mail 4 December 2022, The Rebel Antiquary

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