‘The Truth-Teller’

In the Media section of The British Association for Psychopharmacology [BAP]: By clicking on the link provided by BAP you are taken to ESQUIRE. The Better Men List 2025: Celebrating the … Continue reading ‘The Truth-Teller’

Déjà vu

The recent publication in JAMA Psychiatry: Incidence and Nature of Antidepressant Discontinuation Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis made me feel that I had been here before. Once again, a … Continue reading Déjà vu

My reflections on this Drug Science Podcast

The 5-HT hypothesis of depression: https://holeousia.com/2025/03/19/the-5-ht-hypothesis-of-depression-with-prof-philip-cowen-and-dr-sameer-jauhar/ This podcast was released by DRUG SCIENCE on 12 March 2025. The podcast can be listened to here. As a former NHS psychiatrist and also as somebody … Continue reading My reflections on this Drug Science Podcast

The 5-HT hypothesis of depression with Prof Philip Cowen and Dr Sameer Jauhar

This podcast was released by Drug Science on 12 March 2025. The podcast can be listened to here. What follows is a full transcription of this podcast. Drug Science Podcast: … Continue reading The 5-HT hypothesis of depression with Prof Philip Cowen and Dr Sameer Jauhar

“Drug development in psychiatry: 50 years of failure and how to resuscitate it”

This opinion by Professor David Nutt was published in Lancet Psychiatry, 11 February 2025: Table 1: Table 2:

BAP: Advancing psychopharmacology

This is one of tomorrow’s educational sessions at the BAP Summer Meeting: BAP provide this summary for tomorrows CME meeting: Contributing to this CME meeting: Professor Guy Goodwin is a … Continue reading BAP: Advancing psychopharmacology

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

MONEY TALK

Professor David Nutt is a career-long Paid Opinion Leader in psychiatry. He is widely known and  continues to be extremely influential in relation to the prescribing ‘habits’ of British psychiatrists.  … Continue reading MONEY TALK