The third, updated and expanded ebook edition of “Coming off Psychiatric Drugs: Successful withdrawal from neuroleptics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, Ritalin and tranquilizers” is now available.
Brief background and history In October 2016 a Scientific Symposium was arranged in Gothenburg by The Extended Therapy Room Foundation. In the invitation one could read: PHARMACEUTICALS – risks and alternatives The number of psychiatric diagnoses and prescriptions of pharmaceuticals to children, youths and adults have sharply increased in Sweden as well as the rest …
Antidepressant tapering strips to help people come off medication more safely. Psychosis 2018, VOL. 10, NO. 2, 142–145
Traduzione a cura di Maria Antonietta Binetti e Marcello Macario
NICE updates antidepressant guidelines to reflect severity and length of withdrawal symptoms. Gareth Iacobucci. BMJ 2019;367:l6103 doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6103 (Published 18 October 2019). Traduzione a cura di Rossella Biagini e Giuseppe Tibaldi
This week on MIA Radio we turn our attention to support for those who are struggling to withdraw from psychiatric drugs. Recently in the UK, this issue has become headline news with more and more attention being given to the work of groups such as the Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry and peer-led initiatives such as the Bristol Tranquilliser Project.
From The British Medical Journal. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has amended its guidelines on depression to recognise the severity and length of antidepressant withdrawal symptoms.
Sky News report on Prescribed Drug Dependence ahead of an investigation by Public Health England which looks at the overprescription of drugs with a dependence-forming potential including antidepressants, opioid painkillers and sleeping tablets.
In a recent paper in the journal Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Michael P. Hengartner, John Read and James Davies summarise the progress made in recent months when making the case that withdrawal from antidepressant drugs is often longer-lasting and more severe than guidelines or conventional wisdom suggest.
In an interview with MIA’s Peter Simons, Dr. Horowitz discusses his recent article on why tapering off antidepressants can take months or even years. This post originally appeared on Mad in America.