antidepressants

Greater consideration should be given to withdrawal effects by those prescribing antidepressants

It was interesting to hear today the Royal College of Psychiatrists calling on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to update its advice on antidepressant withdrawal with a policy statement that highlights the risk to some people of severe and long-lasting withdrawal effects from antidepressants, and the associated risks of over prescribing.  My

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ah yes that word ‘evidence’ again for treating depression

This week it was claimed that there is more compelling ‘evidence’ that antidepressants are more efficacious and safer for the treatment of depression. A global study led by researchers from Oxford University hit the front pages on Thursday. There were headlines in newspapers saying things like “The drugs do work” and “millions more of us

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