Is mental illness still “in brackets”?
Reflections on recent bills for discussion in the Italian Parliament, on the current psychiatrisation of society and on possible remedies By Pino Pini, 11 August 2024. In the current 2024
GP Monitoring of Those on Antidepressants
By DUNCAN DOUBLE Tony Kendrick, who I have mentioned before (see eg. previous post) is the first author of a paper about antidepressant withdrawal in general practice. It found that
Mainstream Psychiatry Continues to Minimise Significance of Antidepressant Withdrawal
By DUNCAN DOUBLE Mainstream psychiatry has minimised the significance of antidepressant withdrawal, as I first pointed out in a BMJ letter in 1997. My complaint then was that the Defeat
On the Neuroplasticity Hypothesis of Antidepressant Action
By MARK HOROWITZ On the neuroplasticity hypothesis of antidepressant action – I worked in a neurogenesis laboratory for 4 years and completed my PhD partly on this topic (For SSRIs).
Busting Myths about Psychosis & Antipsychotics with Prof Joanna Moncrieff
In this talk, Prof Joanna Moncrieff (University College London) looks at the evidence behind some common myths relating to psychosis and ‘antipsychotic’ drugs: the idea that psychosis or ‘schizophrenia’ are
Adapting to Individual Differences
// By Duncan Double // Rach Idahu has a blog ‘Adulting with ADHD’. BBC News reports that she told BBC Podcast ‘Access All’ that she lost £200 when she late
Upcoming online conference by IIPDW
We are pleased to announce this second instalment of the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal conference series. If you are interested to join, please register at Eventbrite (click on
Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression: Clearing Up Some Misconceptions
By MARK HOROWITZ (UCL) and JOANNA MONCRIEFF (UCL) The scale of the response to our recent study finding that there was no support for the idea that low serotonin causes
Depression is Probably Not caused by a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain – New Study
By JOANNA MONCRIEFF (UCL) and MARK HOROWITZ (UCL) For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain –