Marion Brown
@mmarionbrown.bsky.social
Patient Safety campaigner
Especially around adverse effects of very commonly prescribed antidepressants ..
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marion-Brown-7
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marion-brown-9969576/
Especially around adverse effects of very commonly prescribed antidepressants ..
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marion-Brown-7
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marion-brown-9969576/
Reposted by Marion Brown
"This begs the question why these known multiple antidepressant 'discontinuation-emergent' physical/bodily symptoms came to be incorporated into tools to encourage prescribers to consider Medically Unexplained Syndromes (MUS) and overlook antidepressant withdrawal?" 🤔
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Re: Withdrawal from antidepressants - 2025 review using DESS scale
www.bmj.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"This begs the question why these known multiple antidepressant 'discontinuation-emergent' physical/bodily symptoms came to be incorporated into tools to encourage prescribers to consider Medically Unexplained Syndromes (MUS) and overlook antidepressant withdrawal?" 🤔
Reposted by Marion Brown
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Re: Withdrawal from antidepressants - 2025 review using DESS scale
www.bmj.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Reposted by Marion Brown
The Ministry of Defence is meant to protect our country yet it seems unable to protect its own service personnel (or Afghan families) and covers up its mistakes by lying & hiding the truth.
Watch the film 👇🏼👇🏼, sign & share please
change.org/JusticeForThe29
www.dailymail.co.uk/video/video/...
Watch the film 👇🏼👇🏼, sign & share please
change.org/JusticeForThe29
www.dailymail.co.uk/video/video/...
Chinook 1994 helicopter crash families criticise MoD for 'losing moral compass' | Daily Mail Online
Families of the victims of the 1994 RAF Chinook crash have criticised the Ministry of Defence for refusing a public inquiry into the incident and sealing key documents for 100 years.
Relatives of the...
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The Ministry of Defence is meant to protect our country yet it seems unable to protect its own service personnel (or Afghan families) and covers up its mistakes by lying & hiding the truth.
Watch the film 👇🏼👇🏼, sign & share please
change.org/JusticeForThe29
www.dailymail.co.uk/video/video/...
Watch the film 👇🏼👇🏼, sign & share please
change.org/JusticeForThe29
www.dailymail.co.uk/video/video/...
Reposted by Marion Brown
You can read more here : www.thetimes.com/article/985a...
Afghan leak cover-up boosts campaign for new Chinook crash inquiry
Families of the 1994 Mull of Kintyre crash victims say the MoD’s actions over the data leak of Afghans who worked for Britain prove the need for transparency
www.thetimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
You can read more here : www.thetimes.com/article/985a...
Reposted by Marion Brown
"The Ministry of Deceit" - how former RAF officer Chris Cook, brother of Rick Cook - one of the two pilots falsely blamed for the 1994 Chinook crash, describes the MoD in today's
@thetimes.com
#chinookjustice Support our campaign at change.org/JusticeForThe29
.
@thetimes.com
#chinookjustice Support our campaign at change.org/JusticeForThe29
.
July 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"The Ministry of Deceit" - how former RAF officer Chris Cook, brother of Rick Cook - one of the two pilots falsely blamed for the 1994 Chinook crash, describes the MoD in today's
@thetimes.com
#chinookjustice Support our campaign at change.org/JusticeForThe29
.
@thetimes.com
#chinookjustice Support our campaign at change.org/JusticeForThe29
.
"This begs the question why these known multiple antidepressant 'discontinuation-emergent' physical/bodily symptoms came to be incorporated into tools to encourage prescribers to consider Medically Unexplained Syndromes (MUS) and overlook antidepressant withdrawal?" 🤔
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Re: Withdrawal from antidepressants - 2025 review using DESS scale
www.bmj.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"This begs the question why these known multiple antidepressant 'discontinuation-emergent' physical/bodily symptoms came to be incorporated into tools to encourage prescribers to consider Medically Unexplained Syndromes (MUS) and overlook antidepressant withdrawal?" 🤔
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Re: Withdrawal from antidepressants - 2025 review using DESS scale
www.bmj.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.
Reposted by Marion Brown
We are horrified to read that one of the potential causes of the #AirIndia #Boeing crash is the electronic engine software on board.
The FADEC software was considered "positively dangerous" and is why the Boeing RAF Chinook on which our loved ones died in 1994 was grounded by MoD test engineers.
The FADEC software was considered "positively dangerous" and is why the Boeing RAF Chinook on which our loved ones died in 1994 was grounded by MoD test engineers.
New clues point to engine failure for cause of Air India plane crash
Videos and witness reports suggest that the Boeing 787 could have experienced power loss from both engines
www.thetimes.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Reposted by Marion Brown
"...under Article 2 of the Human Rights Act, which protects the right to life, and for the sealed files to be made available to that inquiry." #chinookjustice chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk 5/5
Chinook Justice Campaign | Answers and Accountability
Support the Chinook Justice Campaign to help 29 families whose loved ones were killed in the 1994 RAF Chinook crash in Scotland. They want access to key documents which have been sealed for 100 years ...
chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"...under Article 2 of the Human Rights Act, which protects the right to life, and for the sealed files to be made available to that inquiry." #chinookjustice chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk 5/5
Reposted by Marion Brown
Thanks to BBC South
for the latest coverage of our campaign.
While we wait for the Ministry of Defence to respond to our legal action, it’s clear public pressure is mounting for a full judge led public inquiry.
www.yahoo.com/news/childre...
for the latest coverage of our campaign.
While we wait for the Ministry of Defence to respond to our legal action, it’s clear public pressure is mounting for a full judge led public inquiry.
www.yahoo.com/news/childre...
Children of Chinook crash victims 'need answers'
Children whose parents died in 1994 RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre want a public inquiry.
www.yahoo.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thanks to BBC South
for the latest coverage of our campaign.
While we wait for the Ministry of Defence to respond to our legal action, it’s clear public pressure is mounting for a full judge led public inquiry.
www.yahoo.com/news/childre...
for the latest coverage of our campaign.
While we wait for the Ministry of Defence to respond to our legal action, it’s clear public pressure is mounting for a full judge led public inquiry.
www.yahoo.com/news/childre...
Reposted by Marion Brown
According to Osborne, Fox himself has doubts that Lord Philip's Review into the 1994 crash got to the bottom of the airworthiness issues on the Mark 2 helicopter, and is happy to help to get to the truth. That's very good news for the #ChinookJustice Campaign. We intend to get to the truth.
June 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
According to Osborne, Fox himself has doubts that Lord Philip's Review into the 1994 crash got to the bottom of the airworthiness issues on the Mark 2 helicopter, and is happy to help to get to the truth. That's very good news for the #ChinookJustice Campaign. We intend to get to the truth.
Reposted by Marion Brown
Former Chancellor George Osborne, speaking on the @politicalcurrency.bsky.social podcast, says
Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary who finally cleared the pilots of blame, now "has doubts" about the airworthiness of the #RAF #Chinook which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994.
Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary who finally cleared the pilots of blame, now "has doubts" about the airworthiness of the #RAF #Chinook which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994.
June 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Former Chancellor George Osborne, speaking on the @politicalcurrency.bsky.social podcast, says
Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary who finally cleared the pilots of blame, now "has doubts" about the airworthiness of the #RAF #Chinook which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994.
Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary who finally cleared the pilots of blame, now "has doubts" about the airworthiness of the #RAF #Chinook which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994.
Reposted by Marion Brown
“There is my life before I experienced antidepressant withdrawal, and there is my life after,” said Carrie Clark
“I can't emphasise this to you enough. It is the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me. It's like a scar on my life”
📸 Adrian Sherratt for The Sunday Times
“I can't emphasise this to you enough. It is the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me. It's like a scar on my life”
📸 Adrian Sherratt for The Sunday Times
June 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“There is my life before I experienced antidepressant withdrawal, and there is my life after,” said Carrie Clark
“I can't emphasise this to you enough. It is the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me. It's like a scar on my life”
📸 Adrian Sherratt for The Sunday Times
“I can't emphasise this to you enough. It is the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me. It's like a scar on my life”
📸 Adrian Sherratt for The Sunday Times
Reposted by Marion Brown
The investigation based on NHS England data obtained by FOI reveals 👇
- 12% of England on antidepressants (16% of women, 9% of men)
- 7% on them 5 years of more (9% of women, 4% of men) double the amount 3 years ago
- 23% women over 50 on them, 15% for > 5 years
- 12% of England on antidepressants (16% of women, 9% of men)
- 7% on them 5 years of more (9% of women, 4% of men) double the amount 3 years ago
- 23% women over 50 on them, 15% for > 5 years
June 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The investigation based on NHS England data obtained by FOI reveals 👇
- 12% of England on antidepressants (16% of women, 9% of men)
- 7% on them 5 years of more (9% of women, 4% of men) double the amount 3 years ago
- 23% women over 50 on them, 15% for > 5 years
- 12% of England on antidepressants (16% of women, 9% of men)
- 7% on them 5 years of more (9% of women, 4% of men) double the amount 3 years ago
- 23% women over 50 on them, 15% for > 5 years
Reposted by Marion Brown
INVESTIGATION: 7% of England -3.8m people- have been on antidepressants for > 5 years 💊
While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
A generation of women over 50 stuck taking antidepressants
A quarter of women in their fifties and sixties take antidepressants, and 15 per cent of women over 50 have been on them for longer than five years
www.thetimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
INVESTIGATION: 7% of England -3.8m people- have been on antidepressants for > 5 years 💊
While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Reposted by Marion Brown
At 1pm today, as part of the flypast for King Charles #TroopingTheColour parade, 4 #RAFChinook's will fly over Buckingham Palace.
Not every #Chinook journey has ended happily
Watch ou #chinookjustice #fathersday film here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM
And here's Andy's story:
Not every #Chinook journey has ended happily
Watch ou #chinookjustice #fathersday film here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM
And here's Andy's story:
June 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
At 1pm today, as part of the flypast for King Charles #TroopingTheColour parade, 4 #RAFChinook's will fly over Buckingham Palace.
Not every #Chinook journey has ended happily
Watch ou #chinookjustice #fathersday film here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM
And here's Andy's story:
Not every #Chinook journey has ended happily
Watch ou #chinookjustice #fathersday film here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM
And here's Andy's story:
Reposted by Marion Brown
While you celebrate Father's Day today - please spare a few minutes to watch our film.
We made it to mark 31 years since our fathers were killed - in an unairworthy RAF Chinook helicopter.
you'll find the full length version here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM
And Joel's story is here
We made it to mark 31 years since our fathers were killed - in an unairworthy RAF Chinook helicopter.
you'll find the full length version here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM
And Joel's story is here
June 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
While you celebrate Father's Day today - please spare a few minutes to watch our film.
We made it to mark 31 years since our fathers were killed - in an unairworthy RAF Chinook helicopter.
you'll find the full length version here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM
And Joel's story is here
We made it to mark 31 years since our fathers were killed - in an unairworthy RAF Chinook helicopter.
you'll find the full length version here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM
And Joel's story is here
Reposted by Marion Brown
The American Psychiatric Association’s (2025) annual conference, or should we say Pharma Expo 2025? One glance at the conference map & you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a sales convention, not a 'medical' gathering 👇
May 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The American Psychiatric Association’s (2025) annual conference, or should we say Pharma Expo 2025? One glance at the conference map & you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a sales convention, not a 'medical' gathering 👇
Reposted by Marion Brown
Call me cynical, but isn't Mental Health Awareness Week a hollow festival of shallow & performative activism, that companies leverage to stage 'progressiveness' & everyone else expolits to sell their individualistic ideas & wares; where social determinants remain buried & nothing gets better.
May 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Call me cynical, but isn't Mental Health Awareness Week a hollow festival of shallow & performative activism, that companies leverage to stage 'progressiveness' & everyone else expolits to sell their individualistic ideas & wares; where social determinants remain buried & nothing gets better.
Reposted by Marion Brown
Hyperbolic tapering is safer, but is no guarantee that you will come through without injury after taking psychiatric drugs.
The only way to guarantee safety is to not take them in the first place. Patients need to be told this when the drugs are offered (and they need alternatives).
The only way to guarantee safety is to not take them in the first place. Patients need to be told this when the drugs are offered (and they need alternatives).
April 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hyperbolic tapering is safer, but is no guarantee that you will come through without injury after taking psychiatric drugs.
The only way to guarantee safety is to not take them in the first place. Patients need to be told this when the drugs are offered (and they need alternatives).
The only way to guarantee safety is to not take them in the first place. Patients need to be told this when the drugs are offered (and they need alternatives).
Reposted by Marion Brown
Half of Those Who Take Antidepressants Are Labeled “Treatment Resistant”
Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them “treatment resistant.”
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/04/half...
Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them “treatment resistant.”
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/04/half...
Half of Those Who Take Antidepressants Are Labeled “Treatment Resistant”
Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them “treatment resistant.”
www.madinamerica.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Half of Those Who Take Antidepressants Are Labeled “Treatment Resistant”
Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them “treatment resistant.”
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/04/half...
Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them “treatment resistant.”
By Peter Simons
www.madinamerica.com/2025/04/half...
Reposted by Marion Brown
Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
Role of primary care in depression relapse: a qualitative study
Background Relapse contributes to the clinical and societal burden associated with depression. It is not well understood how relapse risk and prevention are managed and discussed between patients and ...
bjgp.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
Reposted by Marion Brown
“...research has shown … some patients confuse relapse with discontinuation symptoms, and that patients may not have full confidence in their GP’s ability to discuss antidepressant discontinuation owing to a perceived lack of knowledge and time…” #biorisks drug withdrawal misdiagnosed as ‘relapse'
Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
Role of primary care in depression relapse: a qualitative study
Background Relapse contributes to the clinical and societal burden associated with depression. It is not well understood how relapse risk and prevention are managed and discussed between patients and ...
bjgp.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“...research has shown … some patients confuse relapse with discontinuation symptoms, and that patients may not have full confidence in their GP’s ability to discuss antidepressant discontinuation owing to a perceived lack of knowledge and time…” #biorisks drug withdrawal misdiagnosed as ‘relapse'
Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
Role of primary care in depression relapse: a qualitative study
Background Relapse contributes to the clinical and societal burden associated with depression. It is not well understood how relapse risk and prevention are managed and discussed between patients and ...
bjgp.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance
Reposted by Marion Brown
Petition for Change in the Mental Health System and Psychopharmacology
"people that have suffered considerable harm & long-term debilitating ailments from inappropriate prescribing & de-prescribing of MH medications is rapidly increasing - largely unacknowledged..."
👇
chng.it/wgJTZGRVrd
"people that have suffered considerable harm & long-term debilitating ailments from inappropriate prescribing & de-prescribing of MH medications is rapidly increasing - largely unacknowledged..."
👇
chng.it/wgJTZGRVrd
Sign the Petition
Petition for Change in the Mental Health System and Psychopharmacology
chng.it
April 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Petition for Change in the Mental Health System and Psychopharmacology
"people that have suffered considerable harm & long-term debilitating ailments from inappropriate prescribing & de-prescribing of MH medications is rapidly increasing - largely unacknowledged..."
👇
chng.it/wgJTZGRVrd
"people that have suffered considerable harm & long-term debilitating ailments from inappropriate prescribing & de-prescribing of MH medications is rapidly increasing - largely unacknowledged..."
👇
chng.it/wgJTZGRVrd