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Sertraline, sold under the trade name Zoloft among others, is an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class. In this 60 second video you might find it interesting to see the original TV advert/commercial for Zoloft, as aired…
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The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Prescribed Drug Dependence , in their own words: “… will address the growing problem of prescribed drug dependence (PDD). Increasing numbers of prescriptions for addictive, psychoactive drugs are being given to both adults and children, including benzodiazepines, antidepressants, antipsychotics, stimulants and painkillers….
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Dr. Michael Mosely reports on a BBC Horizon programme titled Can my brain cure my body? Although this programme concerns painkillers, it has obvious relevance to the subject of ‘antidepressants’ and other types of prescribed psychiatric medication: “Could taking a placebo, a pill which contains nothing but…
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Dr. Joan Moncrieff, psychiatrist, writing for the Mad in America website, says: “A few months ago I was surprised to receive a request from an obscure journal of consciousness studies to review a paper. I was surprised because, although it was not immediately…
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The Guardian newspaper reports: “Half of all those taking antidepressants experience withdrawal problems when they try to give them up and for millions of people in England, these are severe, according to a new review of the evidence commissioned by MPs. Guidance…
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From an article by Benedict Carey in The New York Times: “The deaths of the designer Kate Spade and the chef Anthony Bourdain, both of whom committed suicide this week, were not simply pop culture tragedies. They were the latest markers of an intractable public health crisis that has been unfolding in slow motion for a generation . Treatment…
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A 30 year-old, who can’t orgasm, writes in The Guardian Newpaper : “I had a normal libido and a good sex life until I was 22 and prescribed an SSRI antidepressant. I had been with my partner for two years, and we were…
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This book was written by Johann Hari (January, 2018). The publishers say: “What really causes depression and anxiety – and how can we really solve them? New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a…
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From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : Auntie Psychiatry writes: “I had the idea for this cartoon while listening to the Royal Society of Medicine podcast: Episode 1 . The spiel reads… “In this episode, Prof Sir Simon Wessely, Consultant Psychiatrist and Past President of the Royal College of…
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A study by Public Health England (July, 2015) found that people with learning disabilities are regularly prescribed psychiatric drugs without a recorded diagnosis. The report’s Executive Summary referred to a prior UK government report – Transforming Care – and noted the…
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