Researchers at Imperial College and King’s College London have been accused of endangering patient safety after publishing a study suggesting that most people do not experience severe withdrawal after coming off the drugs". #backfire www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

Good study on prescription practice trends for pts w personality disorders. Polypharmacy is still an issue, benzos and antidepressants declining. IMO, prescription is often influenced by countertransference resulting from helplessness (not just in PD) bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

1 in 4 older adults in Australia are on antidepressants despite being less depressed than younger age groups and more susceptible to antidepressant associated harms e.g. falls, fractures and death www.medicalrepublic.com.au/reducing-ant...

He isn't disputing that their suffering is real 'It's our response that's the issue. We routinely pathologise, label and medicate kids' emotions and behaviours'. New book by Sami Timimi out tomorrow www.thetimes.com/article/f5b1...

Attended the Union of Concerned Scientist's webinar about protecting scientists engaged in advocacy and I think the most important message was: The more people who do it, the safer we all are. See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!

To demedicalise distress is not to delegitimise distress. One can honor, respect and care for profound suffering without labeling it as illness, pathology or disorder.

In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing. I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I am looking forward to @lauradelano.bsky.social 's new book to be published soon. Early review describes it as: 'A courageous, insightful, beautifully written book challenging major tenets of Big Pharma and mainstream psychiatry' www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

"Psychiatry’s tendency to label non-normative emotions as disorders contributes to affective injustice, distorting emotional self-understanding and deepening inequality." www.madinamerica.com/2024/09/affe...

@thetimes.com article by Rachel Kelly on limitations of antidepressants: 'I needed therapy and lifestyle changes to address how I handled stress, what I thought was a worthwhile life, and how to manage and handle my tendency to low mood.' www.thetimes.com/article/f638...

For your diary. @iipdw.bsky.social presents MAUDSLEY DEPRESCRIBING GUIDELINES. Authors summarise & questions. April 25, 4-6pmUK. Details soon on www.iipdw.org @dranneguy.bsky.social @mad-in-america.bsky.social @drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social @markhoro.bsky.social @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social

This study from Birmingham Uni has been widely covered in the legacy media today. However, the headlines are completely unfounded on the basis of the study. In fact, the study wasnt a controlled trial but a cross sectional comparsion study. 1/5 www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Nearly a 1/4 of our population was prescribed a psych-drug last year. Yet the majority weren't suffering from biologically discernible 'mental illnesses' but from understandable human reactions to serious socio/psycho problems - issues the drugs are powerless to treat.

'In Chemically Imbalanced, Moncrieff thoroughly answers the question of whether it has been a good or bad thing to convince people to believe that their depression was a biological-chemical event' Review by Bruce Levine www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/30/n...

Worth sharing here I think We need person-centred mental health care, not more psychiatrists | Letter www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

NEW: Why not calling a Nazi salute a Nazi salute puts us in a whole new place of danger. We have to call spades spades or what else is there? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Exciting to see some reviews of my book by readers on Amazon e.g. 'Wonderful account of how we have all been misled about the apparent value of antidepressants.' www.amazon.co.uk/dp/180399679... (other vendors are available)

With 8m people taking antidepressants it’s beyond time for improved informed consent about their benefits / harms and a safer path to come off them when ready. @tonyavery.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social @drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social @iipdw.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/mental...

From Dr Chris van Tulleken's forward on how my new book 'elegantly describes the history of industry co-opting science and scientists against the interests of patients and public health to sell drugs that don’t work, for conditions that we don’t understand'

Truth & Lies. Mix Musk's interventions with Starmer's unpopularity, is it possible to separate the truth from the lies? (Strong language and adult themes.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R19...

"‘These drugs are not harmless’: The Aussies tackling antidepressant deprescribing… Professor Katharine Wallis…" www.ausdoc.com.au/news/these-d... #biorisks

So, fellow uk therapists - have we really done everything we can within current arrangements to better protect clients? The thoughts of a therapist in private practice on statutory regulation: counsellingtutor.com/theory-of-mi...

Withdrawal from antidepressants can be life changingly awful for so many people, let’s hope we see real services available to prevent it and support people soon. @tonyavery.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social @markhoro.bsky.social www.patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk/striking-the...

Pleased to see withdrawal mentioned as a possibility in this article (even if the benefits seem overstated) @profjohnread.bsky.social @drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/w...

Really clear call for a national helpline and better services to support safer withdrawal from antidepressants by @simonforstroud.bsky.social and Danny Kruger on @radio4rne.bsky.social Today programme this morning. @tonyavery.bsky.social 👏🏻

The former chair of the DSM-4 task force regrets pushing the medical narrative of mental disorder and admits this “great mistake” was perpetrated to promote psych drugs, get research money and raise psychiatry’s status in medicine. A scandal. Don’t shoot the messenger 🤷‍♂️

Hello #Bluesky. 👋 We started Mad in America in 2012 with the aim of critically reviewing the science behind psychiatry and its diagnoses. We provide personal stories, reviews of scientific literature, podcasts, online events and original MIA reporting. Visit us here: www.madinamerica.com