I was fortunate recently to interview Dr. Mark Horowitz. Dr. Horowitz is a training psychiatrist and researcher and recently co-authored, with Dr. David Taylor, a
Prozac, the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) approved in the United States, burst onto the scene in 1987. Three decades later, the drug and
Researchers at King’s College London said formal guidelines for tapering antipsychotics were needed.
People coming off antidepressants could benefit from decreasing their dose very slowly to avoid withdrawal effects, new guidance from the Royal College of Psychiatrists says.
Antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are frontline treatment for depression. Prescriptions of antidepressants have more than doubled in the last decade according
It was a Friday afternoon, and Dr Ed White was working at his desk in his home office. “I was suddenly hit by a rush
New evidence suggests that patients and practitioners can devise a personal schedule for gradually reducing antidepressant medication to limit severe withdrawal symptoms. In 2016, after
Today I welcome the new patient information leaflet, entitled ‘Stopping Antidepressants’, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The leaflet distills many years of work
Doctors are weaning patients off of antidepressants too quickly, which can lead to unpleasant withdrawal symptoms, researchers have suggested. Currently, people tend to be weaned
WE WRITE AS PETITIONERS respectively for Scottish and Welsh Public Parliamentary Petitions, launched 2017, to express our ongoing concerns about mis-diagnosis particularly of antidepressant dependence