So much for "truth-telling" - Dr. Nutt completely changed his view on antidepressants when psychedelics became big (he has COI's here, of course) Credit to Peter Scott-Gorden and Michael Hengartner for detecting this)

Young Adults Turn to AI for Mental Health Advice About a quarter of those aged 18-21 had used chatbots for mental health advice, raising concern from experts. By Peter Simons www.madinamerica.com/2025/12/youn...

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How to be a Critical Psychologist Without Losing Your Soul: A Conversation With Zenobia Morrill, José Giovanni Luiggi-Hernández and Justin Karter - Mad In America #psychology #podcast www.madinamerica.com/2025/08/how-...

Short-Form Video Linked to Worse Cognitive and Mental Health Social media’s increasing use of algorithm-driven content that lasts only seconds may be worsening attention, inhibition, stress, and anxiety. By Peter Simons www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/shor...

A sobering study. “Social media’s increasing use of algorithm-driven content that lasts only seconds may be worsening attention, inhibition, stress, and anxiety.” #tiktok www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/shor...

Some media coverage, too www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Prozac ‘no better than placebo’ for treating children with depression, experts say

Safa Askeri joins Brooke Siem on the Mad in America #podcast to discuss his experience of antidepressant withdrawal and the gaslighting he was subjected to as he raised concerns with his doctors. #mentalhealth Read or listen to the full interview here: buff.ly/sfDJXMi

ADHD Awareness Campaigns Lead to Huge Jump in False Self-Diagnoses More than half of young adults began to think they had ADHD after awareness campaign—despite not meeting criteria for this disorder. By Peter Simons

Mad in America’s most listened to #podcast episode in 2024: ‘Is Madness an Evolved Signal? Justin Garson on Strategy Versus Dysfunction’ #mentalhealth #madness www.madinamerica.com/2024/02/madn...

The campaign starts here! Stewart Lee for DG…

These guys are one of the only voices in the UK economics/tax space campaigning for higher taxes on wealth. They're asking for donations to keep doing this work.

The Mad in America #podcast is available on most podcast services including Apple, Google, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon podcasts. 275+ interviews dedicated to rethinking #psychiatry and #psychology. We'd love you to join us as a listener, find us here: buff.ly/C25v6WU

On the Mad in America #podcast we are joined by John Ioannidis the Stanford professor behind the most famous paper in modern medicine warning that much of today’s research is unreliable. #Science #Research #STEM #ScienceMatters #ScienceNews #AI #Antidepressants Full interview: buff.ly/uUJ5QlP

The entire #BBC Board should be replaced by members of the public. We fund the BBC, we should have a say in its running.

The entire #BBC Board should be replaced by members of the public. We fund the BBC, we should have a say in its running.

Like to know more about Mad in America or rethinking psychiatry more broadly? On our #podcast, Robert Whitaker will answer your questions. Email questions to [email protected] by November 30 and we’ll pick a selection. #mentalhealth #QandA

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Like to know more about Mad in America or rethinking psychiatry more broadly? On our #podcast, Robert Whitaker will answer your questions. Email questions to [email protected] by November 30 and we’ll pick a selection. #mentalhealth #QandA

Just two episodes to go and the leaderboard is looking particularly close. How exciting! Tune in to new Taskmaster tonight at 9pm, on Channel 4.

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“The Stuff of Demonic Nightmares”: People Describe Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs. #ssri #mentalhealth www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/the-...

Does Ian worry about TikTok? Err... From the latest episode of Page 94, recorded live at Cheltenham Literature Festival

Our latest #podcast features a roundtable discussion on many aspects of taking psychiatric drugs not often considered or challenged in mainstream outlets. Find it on Apple Podcasts here: apple.co/47AYgVX

4/ This is crucial, for various studies indicate that the severity of antidepressant withdrawal is considerably higher in long-term users. This failure may negatively impact antidepressant users with severe withdrawal symptoms who do not receive proper recognition and support for their condition.

3/ They largely ignore the fact that their effect size estimates are not transferable to real-world routine practice, where most people are taking antidepressants for more than 12 months.

2/ "...even in short-term trials, there is robust evidence of small to moderate withdrawal effects 1 week after discontinuation that do not fully resolve within 2 weeks. The authors found no evidence of large effects because the prior probability of severe withdrawal was low in this sample.

1. Here is our response to the recent systematic review on withdrawal issues with antidepressants by Kalfas et al. It was written by Michael Hengartner who is not on Bluesky (unfortunately) and @profjohnread.bsky.social We conclude that ->

Brooke Siem, David Antonuccio, Kim Witzak, Angie Peacock and David Healy join us to discuss the challenges of talking about psychiatric drug withdrawal, the meaning of informed consent, getting doctors to acknowledge medication-induced harm and more. www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/psyc...

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Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff join us on the Mad in America #podcast to discuss potential harms caused by #antidepressant use during pregnancy. #mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry #pregnancyhealth #maternity #FDA Read or listen here ⬇️

🔥 In case you missed it…🔥 @zackpolanski.bsky.social used his QT appearance last week to talk about the case for a #WealthTax, and to remind us we shouldn’t be intimidated by the empty threats of a minority of greedy vested interests. @patmillsuk.bsky.social are happy to pay their fair share.

The Mad in America #podcast is available on most podcast services including Apple, Google, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon podcasts. 275+ interviews dedicated to rethinking #psychiatry and #psychology. We'd love you to join us as a listener, find us here: buff.ly/PiDoHpX

‘I discovered there's a world of phenomena driven by common knowledge…’ Prof Steven Pinker @harvard.edu is author of ‘When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage’. Repost for your chance to win a copy! www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Joining us on our #podcast are Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff to discuss a recent FDA panel on potential harms caused by #antidepressant use during pregnancy. #mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry Full interview here: buff.ly/IHKmnSu

Joining us on the @mad-in-america.bsky.social #podcast are Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff to discuss a recent FDA panel on potential harms caused by #antidepressant use during pregnancy. Full interview here: www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/medi...

Rush is ready to return to the limelight.

Have you experienced #antidepressant withdrawal? If so, please consider signing this petition to get Dutch tapering strips made available through the NHS. #SSRI #mentalhealth www.change.org/p/provide-ta...

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Medicine Is on the Brink of “AI-Induced Deskilling” Research is piling up to show that once doctors use artificial intelligence, they begin to lose their vital skills—and trainees may never learn them. By Peter Simons www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/medi...

New #Podcast Interview with John Ioannidis The Stanford professor behind the most famous paper in modern medicine warns that much of today’s research is unreliable, yet insists the project is worth defending. By Ayurdhi Dhar, PhD

Now also featured by @mad-in-america.bsky.social www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/a-ca...

In NUTRIMUM, a placebo-controlled trial of micronutrients for pregnant women with depression, newborns ended up startlingly healthy, with fewer complications than even the newborns of women who didn’t have depression at all. By Peter Simons www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/micr...

Good to see Anders Sørensen on @news.sky.com talking about #antidepressant withdrawal. An important and little understood issue. I enjoyed a meaningful discussion with him for the @mad-in-america.bsky.social #podcast. #SSRI www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/ande...

AI Study Finds Psychiatric Diagnoses Overlap Too Much to Be Useful A data-driven study shows that mental health symptoms are too interconnected for categorical systems like the DSM to hold. By Shirin Amouei www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/ai-s...

The Mad in America #podcast is available on most podcast services including Apple, Google, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon podcasts. 275+ interviews dedicated to rethinking #psychiatry and #psychology. We'd love you to join us as a listener, find us here: buff.ly/C25v6WU

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The Mad in America #podcast is available on most podcast services including Apple, Google, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon podcasts. 270 interviews dedicated to rethinking #psychiatry and #psychology. We'd love you to join us as a listener, find us here: buff.ly/C25v6WU

Good to see Anders Sørensen on @news.sky.com talking about #antidepressant withdrawal. An important and little understood issue. I enjoyed a meaningful discussion with him for the @mad-in-america.bsky.social #podcast. #SSRI www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/ande...