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• SSRI Withdrawal Front Page News
  The Psychiatric Times features article on informed consent and safe tapering. …
• DSM Updates—Bias and Biomarkers
  The DSM has been beset by problems since its inception. …
• New UK Benzo Guidelines Perpetuate Stigma and Enable Prescribed Harm
  Dependence is not addiction, and being treated as an “addict” by a medical professional adds insult to prescribed-harm injury. …
• Patient Preference and Ethical Prescribing
  Prescribing patients antidepressants just because they ask for them has negative consequences for individual patients and society as a whole. …
• Chemical Imbalance Myth Influences Patients’ Beliefs About Antidepressants
  A new survey highlights the ongoing influence of the “chemical imbalance” theory and how patient beliefs shape their antidepressant treatment. …
• A Bright Field of Convergence: A Year-End Reflection from ICI Executive Director Cooper Davis
  ICI’s executive director, Cooper Davis, reflects on the growing diversity of the movement calling for mental health reform. …
• Different countries, same problems: The Guardian newspaper takes a close look at antidepressant withdrawal and related issues in Australia
  Over the past few days, The Guardian newspaper published a series of articles exploring and highlighting subjects close to all of our hearts: antidepressant wit…
• “Don’t make any major life changes in withdrawal.”
  Leela Ehrhart reflects on why this common advice can be problematic, and her top 5 tips for how to determine if or when a big life change is actually in your be…
• Weathering the darkest nights: top tips for surviving one moment at a time
  Leela Ehrhart shares her top tips for weathering the darkest nights in psychiatric drug withdrawal. …
• Permanence, possibility, and the power of our stories
  Leela Ehrhart reflects on the power of the stories we choose to believe in whilst in psychiatric drug withdrawal. …