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.
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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
Chaired the expert committee which recommended . . .
Chaired the Expert committee which “recommended that the use of depression symptom questionnaires be financially incentivised” The title image is based on declarations made by Professor Tony Kendrick in his … Continue reading Chaired the expert committee which recommended . . .
Double the amount of a decade ago
As published in the Sunday Express, 19 May 2024,