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The UK is helping people stop antidepressants – but still no tapering advice available...
It's now widely accepted that there can be withdrawal effects from antidepressants - but no tapering guidance or advice is currently available in Ireland
Pharmacists in the UK are being urged to assist people who...
Opinion: Stephen Fry says psychiatry saved him, but what about listening to those it...
As a voice-hearer of 30 years – and 27 years as a user/survivor of psychiatry - I could say, like Stephen Fry did this week, that ‘psychiatry saved me’. But I could also say...
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The UK is helping people stop antidepressants – but still no tapering advice available in Ireland
It's now widely accepted that there can be withdrawal effects from antidepressants - but no...
Global petition launched to make stopping antidepressants safer
World Tapering Org has launched a global petition to make stopping antidepressants and other psych meds/drugs...
Conference: Learning from mad knowledge
The 15th annual Critical Perspectives Conference takes place in University College Cork on 15 and...
Research: Lives are worse in many ways after receiving mental health diagnosis and treatment
Study in JAMA Psychiatry shows that most people experience treatment for "mental illness" and their...
Trauma-Informed Care and PTMF reduce self-harm, seclusion, and restraint in acute inpatient psychiatric setting
A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that adopting a Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) approach in...
From Mad in America
For Teen Girls, Rare Psychiatric Disorders Spread Like Viruses on Social Media
The War on Suicide Is Making Things Worse
Focusing on Trauma and Involving Families in Care Could Help Prevent Early Death
Prescriber-Patient Power Dynamics Prevent Honest Discussions About Antidepressant Withdrawal
May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
Depression Not So “Treatment-Resistant” After Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
My Family’s Struggles With Broken Mental Healthcare
Antidepressants No Better Than Placebo for About 85% of People
RESEARCH
Led by researchers in Trinity College Dublin, the PROTECT Study, seeks to identify priorities for future research on reducing and stopping psychiatric medications. Interested parties take a survey on questions that users would like to see addressed. Take the survey here.
