prescription drugs – A New Vision for Mental Health

Lasting Damage from Prescribed Drugs

Author: Editorial 5th March 2021 0 Comments

“There is a large-scale failure to appreciate the risks involved in taking drugs that alter brain function on a long-term basis.” This article by psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “The recent furor…
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antidepressants, drug withdrawal symptoms, Joanna Moncrieff, Mad in the UK, neuroleptics, prescription drugs, psychiatry, tardive dyskinesia

Should we, can we, halt the rise in prescribing for pain and distress?

Author: Editorial 24th September 2020 0 Comments

“Prescribers may want to move towards a ‘selective-use protocol’ based on individualised trial of medication and change depending on immediate and short-term response, 5 rather than the indiscriminate current ‘offer to all with a diagnosis’ method of practice.” Written by Prof….
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British Journal of General Practice, General Practitioners, prescribing, prescription drugs

‘We are a sedated society’: the rise in antidepressants during lockdown

Author: Editorial 21st May 2020 0 Comments

“One in six of the population is on antidepressants, and the numbers are rising. Are GPs being too ‘trigger-happy’ with prescriptions?” Reporting for The Telegraph, Miranda Levy writes : “As Britain slowly unlocks, we are emerging blinking into the sunlight. But…
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antidepressants, Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, COVID-19, General Practitioners, Miranda Levy, prescription drugs, The Telegraph

Too Many Pills

Author: Editorial 7th February 2020 0 Comments

The full title of this book (published 2018) is Too Many Pills: How Too Much Medicine is Endangering Our Health and What We Can Do About. Written by Dr. James Le Fanu, a General Practitioner in South London, it focuses on…
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book, Clients & Patients, James Le Fanu, medicalisation, pharmaceutical industry, prescription drugs, wellbeing

Teens are increasingly depressed, anxious, and suicidal. How can we help?

Author: Editorial 24th October 2019 0 Comments

This article in Vox magazine has been written by Brian Resnick, albeit mainly within a North American context. It begins: “Here are some numbers we need to reckon with: the number of suicide deaths in people ages 15 to 24, over 36…
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Brian Resnick, children and adolescents, gun control, prescription drugs, suicide, suicide prevention, suicidology, Vox

Explore England’s drug prescription data

Author: Editorial 10th June 2019 0 Comments

The prescribing of psychiatric drugs touches on a range of key issues when it comes to discussing a new vision for mental health. Such prescriptions are running at massive and ever-increasing levels. To give just one small example, a July…
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Clinical Commissioning Groups, EBM DataLab, General Practitioners, GPs, National Health Service, NHS, OpenPrescribing.net, prescription drugs, University of Oxford

Therapists want guidance on prescription psychiatric drugs, survey confirms

Author: Editorial 11th March 2019 0 Comments

Ella Rhodes, writing in The Psychologist , on a survey led by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence: “Early findings from a recent survey of practising therapists provides compelling evidence that guidance for therapists to support them dealing with clients…
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence (APPG), Clients & Patients, Ella Rhode, prescription drugs, prescription psychiatric drugs, The Psychologist, therapists

Could your medications be making you depressed?

Author: Editorial 25th June 2018 0 Comments

The BBC reports : “When you hear of a drug having side-effects you might think of a physical reaction like a rash or a headache. But according to a new US study, many commonly-prescribed drugs may increase the risk of depression. The…
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BBC, depression, Dima Qato, Journal of American Medicine, medication, prescription drug side-effects, prescription drugs, suicide