Lady Gabriella Kingston said her husband Thomas Kingston died after making a 'sudden impulse' decision to take his own life after suffering an adverse effect to antidepressant drugs. At a recent coroner's inquest, she said people need to be warned about the effects of medications used to treat mental health conditions. The…
Psychiatrists and their membership body, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, consistently speak about crises in their profession. A lamenting narrative and a call for more Government funding could easily convince members of the public that a higher proportion of their taxes should be spent. Trigger words such as “overstretched” and under-resourced”…
The pharmaceutical industry and the psychiatric industry form an unholy alliance, generating profits from human misery. Their business model is simple; list out and group together a set of emotional and behavioural characteristics and give them a scientific-sounding psychiatric label. Then prescribe psychiatric drugs like antidepressants to those who present with that…
Bereaved families, affected by the tragedy that recently occurred in the state of Iowa, will be in the thoughts of many people following the Perry High School shooting. A student, named as 17-year-old Dylan Butler, shot six people, fatally injuring one before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Attention as always, turns…
The England-wide NHS prescription data for the full year 2022 has been released. So, what were the results for 2022? Antidepressants marked their usual steady rise at 3.3%, which is not much different than the last 15 years. Drugs used in psychoses remained relatively flat. Drugs for hypnotics and anxiolytics even showed…
Various media outlets have been warning of potential shortages of, among other pharmaceutical products, antidepressant drugs. One article in a national newspaper presented a dire warning, noting: “according to Mark Samuels, who heads industry body the British Generic Manufacturers Association, the situation is ‘worse than at any time I’ve experienced during my…
Derek was admitted to High Royds Hospital near Leeds, in September 1973. He describes how he was depressed, as if fireworks were going off in his head, and he couldn’t think properly.
It’s the time of year when children might demonstrate behaviour characteristics that cause psychiatrists to reach for their prescription pads. Some children might have difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities; they might lose things necessary for tasks or activities, they might get easily distracted, have difficulty playing or engaging in…
The problem of psychiatric vacancies has been a longstanding situation resulting in regular recruitment campaigns run by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). Recruitment to the profession has been and continues to be hampered by the poor public perception surrounding it. Mainstream media went undercover to film abuse of vulnerable people detained…
Thoughts of people around the world will lie with bereaved families affected by the latest school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas. As the search for answers begin, the cause of violent behaviour will once again go under the spotlight, along with the gun laws in the United States. While there…
In a recent post the quantities of antidepressants prescribed in England since 2008 were scrutinised.1 It was noted that there has been an unrelenting upward prescribing trend for the past 14 years (at least). While the trend has health repercussions for the patient, what does it all mean for the UK taxpayer? Consider…
It’s the time of year when children might demonstrate behaviour that cause psychiatrists to reach for their prescription pads. Some children might have difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities; they might lose things necessary for tasks or activities, they might get easily distracted, have difficulty playing or engaging in leisure…
It's not just the taking of antidepressants that can cause extreme violence. Withdrawal from antidepressants can cause extreme violence too. Research shows that in just a few days, a person can unknowingly go into severe withdrawal and not even know why he or she is feeling violent or suicidal. A common symptom…
Mental problems can be resolved, and thankfully so. Unfortunately, psychiatrists will most often tell you that your emotional problems are incurable and that you must take their drugs to manage them, often for the rest of your life. They are unlikely to tell you of non-drug or other alternatives—or they may try…
Regarding the mental welfare of those who are experiencing difficulties....
As the search for answers begins following the senseless and indiscriminate shooting in Plymouth