Adele Framer, is the founder of https:/survivingantidepressants.org , a critical and comprehensive peer-support website that features several thousand case histories of psychiatric drug withdrawal. The site is a hub of information on the topic, highlighting methods of safe drug tapering and recovery and underscoring the humanity of those in the grips of withdrawal.

Here is an interview with her:
https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/11/surviving-antidepressants-adele-framer/
#antidepressants #ssri #depression #sideeffects

Depression is probably not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain – new study

https://theconversation.com/depression-is-probably-not-caused-by-a-chemical-imbalance-in-the-brain-new-study-186672

#psychiatry #antipsychiatry #depression #psychology #science #research #pills #drugs #antidepressants #chemistry #biology #medicine

Did we all believe a myth about depression? | BBC News

A study showing depression isn't caused by low levels of the "happy hormone" serotonin has become one of the most widely shared medical articles.
It has provoked a wave of misleading claims about antidepressant drugs, many of which increase the amount of serotonin in the brain.
This research doesn't show the drugs aren't effective.
But the response to it has also sparked some genuine questions about how people treat, and think about, mental illness.

#science #medicine #health #psychiatry #MentalIllness #depression #antidepressants #serotonin

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62286093?xtor=ES-208-[54200_NEWS_NLB_ACT_WK31_Fri_5_Aug]-20220805-[bbcnews_depression_newshealth_serotonin]

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/05/17/amanpour-allen-frances-antidepressants-interview.cnn

#antidepressiva #psychopharmaka #medizin #absetzsymtome #withdrawal #depression #pharmaceutical industry #psychotropic #antidepressants #medicine #gesundheit #health