The Media’s False Narrative About Depression Pills, Suicides, and Saving Lives
Mad In America,
When the media tell of a serious harm of a psychiatric drug, they follow a standard script, which involves that they must also…
When the media tell of a serious harm of a psychiatric drug, they follow a standard script, which involves that they must also…
Even though tardive dyskinesia—and also akathisia, which it resembles—are serious and horrible harms of psychiatric drugs, they…
Summary: I respond to some of the points in the recent Rolling Stone article and correct the many inaccuracies and…
On 14 May 2022, The Lancet published the seminar, “Suicide and self-harm.” Lancet seminars are “Disease-oriented clinically…
Antidepressant treatment trugs include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake…
[A] sum of zeros, even repeated a billion times, remains zero; likewise an accumulation of research and gains in complexity…
The alarm over suicides of military veterans has been regularly sounded over the past 15 years, prompting the U.S. Department…
Douglas Badenoch explores a meta-analysis of follow-up data from clinical trials of antidepressants, which found a small but…
A new study has found that antidepressants are ineffective for reducing suicide attempts. The researchers found that about 20…
Throughout the past two decades, studies have warned of increased suicide rates in those taking antidepressants, especially in…
Before antidepressants, I was articulate and accomplished. I could think — I could do anything I set out to do. I was a banking…
Suicide rates decreased steadily from the mid-eighties until the new millennium in the USA and, on average, in Organisation for…
In June, the Centers for Disease Control reported that the suicide rate in the United States had increased 30% from 1999 to 2016…
Se estima que más de 300 millones de personas sufre de depresión en el mundo, lo que la convierte en una de las principales…
Results from a new study by Peter and Pernille Gøtzsche at the Nordic Cochrane Center suggest that cognitive-behavioral therapy …
On May 17, 2017, we learned that Chris Cornell of Soundgarden had reportedly committed suicide by hanging. His family reports…
An article published this month in the journal BMC Psychiatry suggests that there is a lack of efficacy for SSRIs and that they…
If you’ve read recent reports that state “US suicide rates surge to a 30 year high,” you might first justify the reality with…
Major depressive disorder is a common condition that responds to psychotherapy and medications, and several screening tools…
Samei Huda discusses the findings of a recent review into suicidality and aggression during antidepressant treatment. The…
- Kenny Lin, MD, MPHMajor depressive disorder is a common condition that responds to psychotherapy and medications, and several…
When the idea that selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) might make people feel suicidal first started to be…
When the idea that selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) might make people feel suicidal first started to be…
NEJM 28 Jan 2016 Vol 374Venetoclax
Study recommends 'minimal use' of these commonly prescribed drugs.
The largest-ever meta-analysis of antidepressant trials appeared yesterday in the British Medical Journal. Researchers from the…
The risk of aggression and suicide doubles in children taking one of the five most commonly prescribed antidepressantsRelated…
Children and teens prescribed antidepressants experienced a doubled risk of aggression and suicide: study.