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Join us in April for a webinar + audience Q&A on the 2024 Maudsley #Deprescribing Guidelines with
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& Professor David Taylor, plus UK GP Dr Khalid Zaman, UK campaigner Stevie Lewis & IIPDW Chair
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Join us in April for a webinar + audience Q&A on the 2024 Maudsley #Deprescribing Guidelines with
@markhoro.bsky.social
& Professor David Taylor, plus UK GP Dr Khalid Zaman, UK campaigner Stevie Lewis & IIPDW Chair
@profjohnread.bsky.social
📕 iipdw-maudsley-deprescribing.eventbrite.co.uk

International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal is now registered with Easyfundraising so over 8,000 UK retailers will now donate to us for FREE every time you use Easyfundraising to shop with them. These donations make a BIG difference to us. www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/inter...

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Join us in April for a webinar + audience Q&A on the 2024 Maudsley #Deprescribing Guidelines with co-authors @markhoro.bsky.social & Professor David Taylor, plus UK GP Dr Khalid Zaman, UK campaigner Stevie Lewis & IIPDW Chair @profjohnread.bsky.social 📕 iipdw-maudsley-deprescribing.eventbrite.co.uk

It was good to be on ITV's This Morning yesterday. I tried to challenge the most important and pervasive myths about antidepressants. Watch again here www.itv.com/watch/this-m...

For your diary.
@iipdw.bsky.social presents MAUDSLEY DEPRESCRIBING GUIDELINES. Authors summarise & questions.
April 25, 4-6pmUK. Details soon on www.iipdw.org
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Delighted to be named Goodpods number 1 Psychology podcast this month. If you are interested in discussions that you wont find in the mainstream, come and join us. #psychology #podcast

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Last week I was involved in two webinars outlining my PhD project and sharing my experience of applying for and being awarded funding by Pharmacy Research UK and so I thought it was about time I shared a bit more about it with BlueSky #pharmsky #medsky #PsychSci (1/5)

‘Before starting antidepressants, 29.6% of participants reported suicidal thoughts or attempts, but after withdrawal from antidepressants, that increased to 60.7%.’

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Anders Sørensen – Tackling Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Through Research and in Practice.

#psychiatry #antidepressants
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www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/ande...

With 8m people taking antidepressants it’s beyond time for improved informed consent about their benefits / harms and a safer path to come off them when ready.
@tonyavery.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social @drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social @iipdw.bsky.social

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Withdrawal from antidepressants can be life changingly awful for so many people, let’s hope we see real services available to prevent it and support people soon.
@tonyavery.bsky.social
@simonforstroud.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social
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Hope you can join us for our screening of AS PRESCRIBED and discussion on Jan 24. For anyone interested in psychiatric drugs and withdrawal from them.
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Please join us next Friday for this online screening + discussion of the feature-length documentary As Prescribed. asprescribed-iipdw.eventbrite.co.uk

Please join us next Friday for this online screening + discussion of the feature-length documentary As Prescribed. asprescribed-iipdw.eventbrite.co.uk

Are Psychiatric Drugs Remaking Our Emotional Landscape?

New research examines the risks of overrelying on psychiatric drugs to scaffold emotional well-being, leaving broader issues unaddressed.

By Jenny Logan

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/01/are-psychiatric-drugs-remaking-our-emotional-lands…

Why was our umbrella review of serotonin and depression controversial? Perversely, critics said the findings were obvious but also tried to challenge them. In my new book I examine the backlash and what may have motivated it lnk.to/chemicallyim...

Hi Bluesky! We're a UK charity, supporting the development & implementation of good practice for psychiatric drug withdrawal in every country. Follow & support our work. iipdw.org