antidepressants Archives

New Book: The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs. 1st Edition by Mark Horowitz, and David M. Taylor … “with the express purpose of limiting the damage that we have seen far too many people experiencing – whilst the medical profession has been slow to recognize what has been happening to real life patients.”—from a

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Medication antidepressants, benzodiazepam, benzos, deprescribing, getting off meds, harm reduction, psychiatric medication, taper, tapering

Antidepressants & Mass Murder

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Antidepressants & Mass Murder 2.5 min video by Peter Goetzche, a brilliant MD/researcher, on risks of psychiatric medications for adults and youth Antidepressants and Other Psychiatric Drugs Psychiatric drugs are mind altering chemicals designed to alter emotions, behavior and thinking processes. At their best they can be helpful so patients do not feel as

Posted in Anti-Depressants, Integrative Mental Health antidepressants, depression, mass murder, mental illness, psychiatric medication, suicide

Depression NOT Linked to Serotonin Imbalance!?

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

“The main areas of serotonin research provide no consistent evidence of there being an association between serotonin and depression, and no support for the hypothesis that depression is caused by lowered serotonin activity or concentrations.” * Depression: A Serotonin Deficiency? For decades now people have been led to believe that depression is caused by

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health anti-depressant, antidepressants, chemical abnormalities, chemical imbalance, depression, Joanna Moncrrieff, Mark Horowitz, serotonin