A set of drug-specific antidepressant deprescribing guidelines targeting a “poorly understood” area of clinical practice has received RACGP endorsement. Developed by University of Queensland researchers,…
Social media and the cost of living are adding to the childhood mental health burden and the resultant rise in antidepressant prescribing, a child psychiatrist…
A coroner has again flagged the importance of discharge summaries being “promptly communicated” to GPs following the death of a patient from prescription drug toxicity.…
There is increasing evidence that antidepressant withdrawal symptoms (or ‘discontinuation’ symptoms) are common and can be severe and long-lasting. Yet in the past, these symptoms…
Need to know: The number of Australians living in residential aged care continues to grow. In June 2022, 178,000 people aged 65 and older were…
Antidepressants are widely prescribed to patients aged 65 and older for chronic pain but there is little evidence of benefits, Australian researchers say. Their meta-analysis…
New deprescribing guidelines from an Australian-born doctor who battled antidepressant withdrawal symptoms have become the latest RACGP-backed clinical resource. Dr Mark Horowitz published The Maudsley…
“Antidepressants are a whole lot easier to start than they are to stop.” Professor Katharine Wallis, believes that, where existing guidelines are followed, can change…
When Dr Manfred Penzhorn prescribes antidepressants, he tells patients they are “almost certainly” about to put on weight. “Very few psychiatric medications don’t cause some…
One in six patients who stop taking antidepressants experience withdrawal symptoms, according to German psychiatrists who say the incidence rate is lower than previous estimates.…
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