@BrookeSiem interviews Gretchen LeFever Watson, PhD. "Kids Are Not the Problem: An Interview With Gretchen LeFever Watson" Link:

“She said she believed his death was “likely provoked” by an adverse reaction to the medication [sertraline] he had begun, and subsequently stopped taking, in the weeks leading up to his death.”

@gabbyreece speaks with @BrookeSiem on the topic of #antidepressants "Antidepressants Stole Her Youth, Now She's Fighting Back" Video Link:

It's one thing to argue that seed oils aren't bad, the problem is the dismissiveness and sketchiness with which the media does it. I'm open to being wrong. What I'm not open to is having the media pretend like anyone who disagrees with their viewpoint has no idea what they're

Disclosure is not the solution. You shouldn't be able to sit on any guidelines, committees or write editorials if you're stuffing your pockets with Pharma money. Either be a professor or work for Pharma. Don't do both simultaneously.

After getting through the withdrawal process this is what I routinely hear from people. But there is no research on this because most studies are short term. Many people do not appreciate what effects the drugs were having until they are off them.

When @BrookeSiem was 15 years old, her father died. Her mother, Dee Barbash, sought help for her daughter that led to a prescription for a psychiatric drug. In this #podcast interview, they look back on that fateful decision #antidepressants #mentalhealth https://t.co/HjLVlSnOuX

We completed a systematic review and meta-analysis of antidepressant withdrawal effects and found that 43% of people experienced them, there was a trend towards longer exposure giving rise to a higher risk of withdrawal effects https://t.co/2C97k7ptQn 1/n

LIVE: American Health & Nutrition: A Second Opinion https://t.co/fXswVjPcaU

Use of hormonal contraception is associated with subsequent use of antidepressants and a first diagnosis of depression. 🧵1/11

On Thursday, I will be lecturing at Grand Rounds at the University of Nevada, Reno Medical School. My talk: Bad Medicine, Antidepressant Withdrawal, and the Incalculable Costs of Medicating Normal The event will be streamed live. Details below. https://t.co/smthVPepfx

On our #podcast, Brooke Siem is joined by Mark Horowitz @markhoro and David Taylor @DavidTa23968240 to discuss the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines. The guidelines were influenced in part by the authors’ experiences of #antidepressant withdrawal.

@Altostrata @chrisaikenmd Chris needs to look a little harder: https://t.co/7vJxFqXyXp Official govt and medical info: "All 39 websites mentioned the benefits of antidepressants. Twenty-nine (74%) websites attributed depression to a "chemical imbalance" or claimed they could fix an imbalance."

Antidepressant withdrawal and online support We keep getting told that psychiatrists have never seen antidepressant withdrawal or that it is at best minimal. Online tells a different story. There are currently over 100,000 people in Facebook support groups desperately trying

The only app where you'll see 3 prominent authors debating algebra & f-words 😂

Since I became aware of the undisclosed risks of psych meds, I have read so many heartbreaking stories. Thousands of lives ruined because 1) we didn’t taper the drugs correctly 2) we didn’t recognize side effects 3) we didn’t acknowledge protracted withdrawal Stop this madness

I had the most inspiring conversation with @BrookeSiem on the @Mad_In_America podcast about #TheConnectionCure -- my new book (@simonbooks) exploring the science and spread of #socialprescribing -- a rapidly spreading practice through which health workers prescribe community

A 🧵 on unintended consequences of mental health interventions, and why some school and workplace schemes may be contributing to the problem they were designed to solve. 1/10

Thinking, today, about all the adverse effects I unknowingly experienced from antidepressants, benzos, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and sleep aids (a combo I once thought of as a "sophisticated bipolar med regimen"🤯)... effects that I learned to see as "symptoms" of my