Challenging the New Hype About Antidepressants
An interview with psychiatrist, academic and author Dr Joanna Moncrieff, one of the founding members of the Critical Psychiatry Network. We talk about the recent meta-analysis of the efficacy and tolerability of 21 antidepressant drugs, widely reported in the UK news media on February 22nd.
Childhood Trauma Linked to Poorer Recovery from First Episode Psychosis, Study Finds
First published in Mad in America 23rd July 2024
Childhood trauma (CT) plays a significant role in the development and recovery from psychosis. A new study published...
Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the...
This article was first published by Mad in America on 4/1/25
Last spring, it seemed certain that the story of the STAR*D scandal, which Mad...
Global survey leads to new recommendations for deprescribing psychiatric drugs
New recommendations for deprescribing and tapering antidepressants, benzodiazepines, z-drugs, gabapentinoids, and opioids have been made based on input from service users and a global...
A Win for Science, with Profound Implications for Industry: FDA Rejects MDMA
First published by Mad in America on August 14th 2024
Concerns, from functional unblinding to sexual assault in the clinical trials, led this week to...