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Resisting the Pill: A Critical Psychiatrist’s Alternative Approach to Adult ADHD Requests

Evgeny Legedin 23/12/2025

By Omar Kawam This is the second part of the essay; read Part 1 for the introduction to the patient’s perspective and the critical psychiatrist’s moral view. The critical psychiatrist

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Deprescribing antidepressants: An integral and neglected component of high-quality prescribing practice

Evgeny Legedin 02/04/2025 No Comments

The Editorial by Looi and colleagues provided a one-sided view of the need to consider deprescribing antidepressants in Australia. They overlooked clear evidence that at least a third of patients

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GP Monitoring of Those on Antidepressants

Evgeny Legedin 26/06/2024 No Comments Leave a comment
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
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