Not to be Trusted
To play this short film please click here. Music credit: Mr Alligator by JJerome87 [Alt-J Notes for this film: [1] This short film is an artistic expression of my experience … Continue reading Not to be Trusted
Tag: Defeat Depression Campaign
Timorous wee beastie
On Sunday morning I came across a dead mouse floating in the water of a galvanised watering can in our garden. This discovery left me close to tears. I was … Continue reading Timorous wee beastie
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.
Gilbert Farie: Ten considerations
This is an old piece of writing. It was written over a decade ago. The ‘Ten considerations’ are based on titles of creative works by Robert Louis Stevenson: Gilbert Farie, … Continue reading Gilbert Farie: Ten considerations
OUR UNSTOPPABLE PROGRESS
It was Roy Porter who first used the term “diagnostic creep”. Since his untimely death this “diagnostic creep” has become unstoppable. This short film is an artistic expression of my … Continue reading OUR UNSTOPPABLE PROGRESS
Antidepressant withdrawal and relapse: easily mistaken
This Editorial can be openly accessed from the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. It begins: One of the commonest stories encountered in psychiatric practice is a patient reporting that their … Continue reading Antidepressant withdrawal and relapse: easily mistaken
Something is going on here
The REDUCE trial, finally published last month, established that nearly 60% of those prescribed antidepressants were unable, for whatever reason, to stop them. The REDUCE trial chose not to comment … Continue reading Something is going on here
ANTLER + REDUCE
The ANTLER study The REDUCE trial Over millennia, philosophers, alive and dead, have agreed that science, a priori, must be based on a position of neutrality. This quest is one … Continue reading ANTLER + REDUCE