Dr John Read
@ReadReadj
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Professor, Clinical Psychology, University of East London. Chair, International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal https://t.co/LRU5M9fsPz. Opinions my own
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Joined February 2014
New Scientist includes critique by @markhoro and myself of this flawed study irresponsibly minimising antidepressant withdrawal effects .@joannamoncrieff @BeyondPillsAPPG.@Institute_PDW @Mad_In_America
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RT @SacksDisa: @ReadReadj If it was unintentional they are not competent .It’s not tenable that all if them were unable to see the huge hol….
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RT @cwestonclark: @sameerjauhar Just for the record, I think it's great when people disagree. Disagreement is our main mechanism for realit….
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Not just Dr Jauhar, 18 others, including some prominent psychiatrists. Not sure whether this blatant mistake of drawing hugely important conclusions from irrelevant, short-term studies, is worse if it was intentional or unintentional.
Dr Sameer Jauhar concludes: "Our work finds that most people do not experience severe withdrawal, in terms of additional symptoms". He does not state that his work was based on assessing mostly short-term (8-12 week) trials. This betrays a shokcing disregard for patient safety.
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RT @DrEricKuelker: @CEP_UK Meanwhile, we should ignore that the authors of the study had multitudinous $ ties to the drug companies. The p….
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RT @vinchik: @ReadReadj @markhoro @joannamoncrieff @BeyondPillsAPPG @Institute_PDW @Mad_In_America @ReadReadj I agree with your quote: « Th….
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RT @psychgeist52: @coopercdavis @cwestonclark @markhoro @ReadReadj @Telegraph There are some top names in psychiatry listed as co-authors o….
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RT @cwestonclark: @coopercdavis @markhoro @ReadReadj @Telegraph It's funny you should say that Cooper, because Dr Jauhar blocked me immedia….
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RT @ReadReadj: @joannamoncrieff This is what happens when psychiatrists take money from drug companies. Serious risk to public safety.
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RT @BioProtocol: @joannamoncrieff The gap between short-term studies and real-world long-term use is massive, and honestly, it’s frustratin….
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RT @MichelleFunk3: Thank you so much @markhoro for putting the new data into context with clear, evidence-based analysis. You highlight tha….
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RT @joannamoncrieff: As I was leaving a meeting today someone I don't know approached me to tell me her mother is in severe antidepressant….
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RT @joannamoncrieff: The criterion of 4 plus symptoms to indicate clinically significant withdrawal, although suggested by others, is arbit….
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RT @joannamoncrieff: The fact the review is interpreted as ‘reassuring’ by its authors is concerning, and suggests future patients may not….
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RT @JACKSONS1340: @angpeacock1111 @Rozewicz @JAMAPsych @markhoro @joannamoncrieff I’m not anti psychiatry, I think some people need meds, I….
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RT @angpeacock1111: @Rozewicz @JAMAPsych @markhoro @joannamoncrieff We have thousands of patients in online communities and deprescribing p….
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RT @JDaviesPhD: I delivered a presentation today in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, on the over-prescribing of antidepressants. Here….
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RT @JDaviesPhD: "Scientists warn antidepressant withdrawal symptoms are being downplayed" - Experts warn that the new review dismisses wit….
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