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Refreshing to hear Prof Howard’s clarity of opinion: that antidepressants are no more effective than placebo. (I’m not sure why he still uses them anyway, given how hard they are to withdraw from and common side-effects such as loss of sexual feeling.)

Our guided internet PTSD trial authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22… Trauma-focused iCT-PTSD is effective and acceptable to people with PTSD, and superior to a non-trauma-focused cognitive behavioural stress management therapy EmmaWParkes Dr Jennifer Wild Hannah Murray Alice Kerr 💙 Graham Thew

Antidepressants use associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, with a dose effect: risk 4x higher in those with highest dose, long-term exposure diabetesjournals.org/care/article/4…

It has been a wonderful experience to read the endorsements of our new book, attached here. taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/… James Kelly Dr Anne Cooke Mick McKeown Marc Tibber Dr Nathan Filer

Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of Information About Electroconvulsive Therapy Given to Patients and Families Lisa Morrison Chris Harrop Mad In The UK Mad In America Sarah P. Hancock, MS, CRC ♿ @MarnieWedlake Indigo Daya connect.springerpub.com/content/sgrehp…

"However you define ‘woke,’ anti-woke means being a c*nt who wants to indulge bigots" – Steve Albini

Great to be a part of the int'l TAPER consortium, looking at how best to reduce and stop antipsychotic medication in people with psychotic conditions, outlining their plans in Schizophrenia Bulletin with Iris Sommer Dr Joanna Moncrieff Eóin Killackey here: bit.ly/3PdDweG

The experiences of 585 people when they tried to withdraw from antipsy... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Important study on antipsychotics - “National guidelines, prof. bodies’ statements, and drug co. information urgently need to be updated to prevent the suffering that can occur when withdrawal is minimised, misunderstood or unsupported.” ⁦Dr John Read⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Fighting for the Meaning of Madness: An Interview with Dr. John Read madinamerica.com/2019/05/an-int…

Full article published today, free. Shows how UK patients and families are misinformed about ECT Lisa Morrison Chris Harrop Sarah P. Hancock, MS, CRC ♿ Dr Sue Cunliffe (MBchB honours) Mad In The UK Mad In Ireland Peter Kinderman @annasylwestrowi Anne Guy 💙 @MarnieWedlake @NickyHay4Indy bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pa…

Try ‘hey, Siri: Lumos’ (Nox turns it off.) Also ‘Accio Spotify’.

International Survey of Electroconvulsive Therapy | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/psyc…

Our analysis of ECT pt info sheets may come as a shock, but not to Dr John Read andy luff JD Indigo Daya Simon Katterl An audit and analysis of ECT patient information sheets used in NSW Australia Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/in…

Review on antidepressant (AD) withdrawal in @lancetpsychiatry is misleading in several ways and and should not be seen as ‘gratifying’ as it underestimates the risk of withdrawal by focusing on short term industry trials bit.ly/3yQmSw9 bit.ly/4b5YELT 1/n

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.

Highlights of my upcoming book in today's Daily Mail. How the serotonin myth was recruited to sell antidepressants by quelling people's natural caution about taking mind and brain-modifying drugs, much as opioids were misrepresented in the opioid crisis dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

Straight from the end users: The largest survey of people who have had ECT and their relatives. My blog post. madinamerica.com/2025/08/ect-ne…