Take Action: Join the efforts of IIPDW and the Antidepressant Coalition for Education (ACE), and submit your report to the FDA’s MedWatch today. The IIPDW recently submitted a formal comment in support of the petition raised by the Antidepressant Coalition for Education. The petition has been sent to the FDA (Federal Drug Administration) in the US, …
This clip from Thursday 27th June is a short interview on LBC radio, of Professor John Read speaking about this recent study, ‘Internet and Telephone Support for Discontinuing Long-Term Antidepressants’ JAMA Network Open, 2024; 7(6) doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18383
As a little reminder, the conference featured Carina Håkansson, Robert Whitaker, Laura Delano, Joanna Moncrieff, Magnus Hald, Stevie Lewis and Mark Horowitz. The conference had overwhelmingly positive feedback. So if you couldn’t join us last May, this is your chance to catch up! You can watch the playlist here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn6xouxOUzCRfjnpywrEqImvkDkCthwsL
A global survey of services around the world for deprescribing psychiatric drugs identifies common practices among 13 existing services (8 in the UK and 5 in other countries). Cooper, R. E., Ashman, M., Lomani, J., Moncrieff, J., Guy, A., Davies, J., Morant, N., Horowitz, M. (2023). Stabilise-reduce, stabilise-reduce”: A survey of the common practices of …
You can read and download the article on the BJGP website: Withdrawing from SSRI Antidepressants: advice for primary care. This is an important moment as the journal is widely read by GPs, who are the main prescribers of SSRI antidepressants in the UK. Although there was a mention of this topic on the BJGP website …
The Italian network of IIPDW is pleased to share a new Guideline for Deprescribing, developed in response to an increasing dominance of pharmacological treatments in Italian mental health departments. The Guideline is founded on the belief that mental health professionals should be informed about deprescribing options, and aims to open a phase of reassessment of …
IIPDW has teamed up with Mad in America to continue their series of live, online Town Hall discussions focusing on issues related to psychiatric drug withdrawal. Our fifth discussion will begin with a screening of a video co-created by Stevie Lewis and Mark Horowitz with the support of IIPDW. The video outlines a practical method …
Stevie Lewis is a campaigner and board member of IIPDW. She took an SSRI for 17 years, the majority of which was spent trying and failing to stop because the withdrawal effects were so severe. Mark Horowitz is an Associate of IIPDW, a Clinical Research Fellow in psychiatry at University College London and North East London NHS …
Antidepressed: A Breakthrough Examination of Epidemic Antidepressant Harm and Dependence by Beverley Thomson. Book review by Stevie Lewis, Board Member of IIPDW This is based on a book review written for the journal Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches The author of Antidepressed, Beverley Thomson, is a writer, researcher and speaker with a focus on psychiatric …
IIPDW has submitted a response to the Council of Europe about their provisional report on ‘Addiction to Prescribed Medicines’, which was released in December 2021. The final report is due to be published in March 2022. The Council of Europe is Europe’s leading human rights organisation. Founded in 1949, it includes 47 member states, with …