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From the outset of the SSRI era there has been an effort to downplay or erase the existence of withdrawal. Recent events are just the most recent instantiation....

Dr. Mark Horowitz (Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social) breaks down why the new JAMA Psychiatry study is dangerous. By ignoring long-term users, researchers give false reassurance about withdrawal risks. People suffer severe symptoms and are told it's in their head. Medical gaslighting institutionally.

"A new study has reignited debate over the frequency and severity of antidepressant withdrawal symptoms." #MentalHealth #antidepressants Article Link: buff.ly/n3oHshp.

Grossly Flawed Paper Denies that Antidepressant Withdrawal Effects are “Clinically Meaningful” By John Read Pharma-funded researchers are endangering patient safety by minimising the incidence and severity of withdrawal. madinamerica.com/2025/07/grossl…

Australian doctor who ‘almost died’ writes landmark guidance on how to safely stop using antidepressants theguardian.com/australia-news…

Dr. Mark Horowitz, a leading thinker in psychotropic #deprescribing, will give a virtual talk Monday, July 28. RSVP today! psychdeprescribing.org/index.php/2025…

The BMJ has altered it's original news piece on the recent antidepressant withdrawal study, "to clarify the study’s limitations and to add comments from James Davies" as the editor says.... - We all appreciate this critical amendment 👇 bmj.com/content/390/bm…

Press release from Kalfas uncritically copied and pasted by psychiatrist.com bit.ly/3TLBeoK

Nocebo obviously. You know how apprehensive newborns can be when they discontinue their drugs. Or it's relapse.

Misleading (and usual ad hominem) comment from Prof Howard. There are no RCTs of antidepressants in pregnancy so there is no evidence of harms or benefits from RCTs. Observational studies which control for confounders routinely find the harms mentioned.

Really important Letter from Therapeutics Initiative outlining how to safely taper, including hyperbolic approaches, drawing from the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines approach.

Prof H is very good at witticisms. But seems less strong on the role of serotonin and other neurotransmitters in developmental neurobiology.

I was honoured to take part in the FDA's panel on the risks of SSRIs in pregnancy yesterday chaired by Dr. Marty Makary and Tracy Beth Høeg, MD, PhD. This is a huge issue with so many young women taking these drugs. I hope the UK and other countries will listen x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Re-analysis of the Henssler paper out today. It used spontaneously reported events, not systematic, potentially mis-classified relapse, short duration of AD use, treated placebo w/d and AD w/d as equivalent. Using systematic studies w/d risk was 55% bit.ly/4f1ht6l

There was undignified celebration when Henssler was published claiming it showed withdrawal was not significant. This was repeated with Kalfas (tho strangely seems to have withered away). Altho it took months Prof Moncrieff and us actually read through each study in Henssler…

Well put together popular book here by Anders Sørensen on hyperbolic tapering and other aspects of stopping psych drugs. Will hopefully make the concepts in the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines more accessible to the public.

Thanks to Dr. Marty Makary and U.S. FDA for inviting me to speak at the FDA expert panel on SSRIs and pregnancy. Here is the video of my statement- I added a little bonus footage at the beginning for context.

ICYMI: TI Therapeutics Letter 157: How to🛑antidepressants 👉ti.ubc.ca/letter157 🐌 Avoid abrupt discontinuation 🖥️ Monitor patients after dose reduction 👩🏽‍🏫 Patient education + shared decision-making to minimize harms, improve outcomes #deprescribing #MedEd #antidepressants

I love the APA and want it to succeed, but I am not sure that this statement is most representative of the sources they cite. To say "There is no overall evidence that SSRIs are unsafe during pregnancy" They cite Clarke et al. 2023's white paper, which indeed says "Recent

Good to talk to Dr Scher about the recent misrepresentations by the Kalfas/Jauhar review