British Medical Journal – A New Vision for Mental Health

Exercise for the treatment of depression

Author: Editorial 19th February 2024 0 Comments

This articl e by Prof. Juan Ángel Bellón has been published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). It begins (with omitted footnote references that are in the original ): “Even low intensity activities such as walking or yoga are beneficial According to…
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British Medical Journal, depression, exercise, Juan Ángel Bellón, Research, walking, yoga

Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5-TR: cross sectional analysis

Author: Editorial 12th January 2024 0 Comments

This study has been published in the British Medical Journal. The abstract says: “Objective: To assess the extent and types of financial ties to industry of panel and task force members of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,…
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BMJ, British Medical Journal, conflict of interest, Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM), DSM, Research

The influence of paid opinion leaders on the prescribing of antidepressants in the UK

Author: Editorial 8th January 2024 0 Comments

A former NHS psychiatrist has submitted two rapid responses to the BMJ (British Medical Journal) in relation to this published letter : Reversing the rate of antidepressant prescribing. The first response begins: “I see that there have been a number of responses to this letter: Reversing the rate…
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antidepressants, BMJ, British Medical Journal, depression, Hole Ousia, prescribing

Rapid Response: No good argument for treating mild depression with antidepressants

Author: Editorial 22nd December 2023 0 Comments

A response – published in the British Medical Journal – to the argument put forward by Jauhar et al who support the current scale of antidepressant prescribing, including for mild conditions, and for those provoked by social and economic conditions:…
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antidepressant withdrawal, antidepressants, British Medical Journal, depression, mild depression, prescription drug side-effects, psychiatry

Experts call for fewer antidepressants to be prescribed in UK

Author: Editorial 6th December 2023 0 Comments

“Open letter to government from experts and politicians says rising usage ‘is a clear example of over-medicalisation’” This report by Tobi Thomas has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “Medical experts and politicians have called for the amount of antidepressants…
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Andrew Tresidder, antidepressants, APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence, Beyond Pills, British Medical Journal, deprescribing, depression, drug withdrawal, International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal, John Read, psychiatry, Sam Everington, social prescribing, The Guardian

The government has a moral duty to help those harmed by prescribed dependence forming drugs

Author: Editorial 22nd June 2023 0 Comments

This “ open letter by healthcare professionals ” calls for specialist NHS services to support patients harmed by taking prescription medications. Published in the British Medical Journal, the letter begins: “This week, BBC1’s Panorama drew sharp attention to the problem of prescribed drug dependence and…
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antidepressants, BBC Panorama, benzodiazepines, BMJ, British Medical Journal, drug dependency, drug withdrawal, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, Public Health England

The illusion of evidence based medicine

Author: Editorial 17th October 2022 0 Comments

“Evidence based medicine has been corrupted by corporate interests, failed regulation, and commercialisation of academia, argue these authors” This article by Jon Jureidini and Leemon B. McHenry has been published in the British Medical Journal. It begins (with footnotes excluded, but…
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British Medical Journal, clinical drugs trials, evidence-based medicine, Jon Jureidini, Leemon B. McHenry, pharmaceutical industry, Research

Overdiagnosis: it’s official

Author: Editorial 17th December 2021 0 Comments

Within the field of mental healthcare there has long been massive over-diagnosis of mental illness (not to mention shaky scientific justification for many of the diagnostic labels applied). Hence the relevance of this article (published in the British Medical Journal –…
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Barnett Kramer, British Medical Journal, MeSH, National Library of Medicine, overdiagnosis, psychiatry, Steven Woloshin

Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?

Author: Editorial 13th August 2021 0 Comments

The question posed by this article is highly relevant to the field of mental health, particularly in relation to research concerning the alleged benefits of the psychotropic drugs that are prescribed on a massive scale. The author is Dr. Richard…
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Andrew Grey, Barbara K Redman, Ben Mol, British Medical Journal, Cochrane Collaboration, Ian Roberts, peer review, REAPPRAISED checklist, Research, Richard Smith, Stephen Lock, zombie trials

The trouble with antidepressants: why the evidence overplays benefits and underplays risks

Author: Editorial 18th September 2020 0 Comments

“Widespread prescribing has not reduced mental disability or suicide, raising questions about the assessment of evidence on effectiveness and safety of antidepressants” This essay by John B. Warren has been published the British Medical Journal (BMJ). It begins: “Depression can be…
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antidepressants, BMJ, British Medical Journal, depression, efficacy of antidepressants, John B. Warren, safety of antidepressants