People keep saying I'm dangerous for raising awareness about drug risks and misdiagnoses... Not sure why they think the lives of those saved by psychiatric drugs are worth more than the lives of those lost from drug injuries... Unfortunately decades of pharma marketing and

"The 184-page document boldly spells out, in considerable detail, why new legislation is needed, around the world, to transcend the medical model espoused by drug companies, most psychiatrists, and even some psychologists." Dr John Read psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychi…

After 3 years of work with David Taylor and many other psychiatrists, pharmacists and patient experts I am happy to see The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines get a publication date amzn.to/3tTQq9s (UK) amzn.to/40o3wrI (US)

'A cultural change to reduce the reliance on medication and to support shared decision-making is needed, not least for mental health services.' criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2023/12/too-mu…

Very pleased to see that the guidelines are being well received by people that have worked with people coming off medications for years.

ABC Australia has reposted the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand piece on overprescribing of antidepressants "Overprescribing is also symptomatic of medicalisation of distress. Most diagnoses of depression and anxiety are descriptions masquerading as explanations" bit.ly/4bvQayX

En 2023, la Organización Mundial de la Salud y las Naciones Unidas recalcaron la importancia del derecho de los pacientes a suspender el tratamiento y la necesidad de recibir apoyo para hacerlo. El "Manual para Deprescribir de Maudsley" llena un vacío importante...

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Publication of 'Deprescribing Guidelines' a turning point in history of psychiatry. Many people are on meds they dont need or doses that are too high for durations that are too long Docs are quick to prescribe/slow to deprescribe- & often don't know how. Now there's no excuse:

Very good list here from @Allenfrancesmd about when to consider gradual deprescribing to get patients and clinicians thinking.

Fue un placer regresar a mi facultad a presentar este proyecto que tanto me enorgullece. (Thanks Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social) Simposio - Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines youtube.com/live/2fra3-OHR… vía YouTube

Our survey of people in online support groups shows antidepressant withdrawal can be severe and protracted and that longer use predicts worse withdrawal effects Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social Dr John Read sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Si quieren saber más sobre “Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines”, lineamientos internacionales para disminuir gradualmente los antidepresivos en pacientes, sigan a la Dra. Andrea Atri, Médica y psiquiatra por la UNAM, en Twitter como Dra. Andrea Atri Mizrahi y en Instagram reduccion.gradual

'People need to be understood as wholes'

CANMAT has rejected hyperbolic tapering as not being supported by RCTs and too difficult to implement. Yet they recommend linear tapering which has been found to cause severe withdrawal effects in most people in RCTs and unsuccessful in majority.

'Perhaps, despite our desire to be seen as individuals, we’re all just trying to belong somewhere.' 'A growing market is capitalising on the desirability of diagnosis as an indisputable medical claim to uniqueness.' dazeddigital.com/life-culture/a…

5 Things you need to know about antidepressants and discontinuation australianpharmacist.com.au/5-things-you-n…

"Failing to adopt [RCTs] that study the long-term effects of antidepressant withdrawal will continue to undercount prevalence, severity, and duration—the precise number of those affected longer-term and the length of time they can, and do, experience symptoms"

This was probably the most important slide I showed in my talk at RCPsych congress yesterday