Posted 2008/2/26 19:39:49
Author atracyphd
Now that the studies on antidepressants that were kept from those who
needed to know have been reviewed the conclusion is they work no better
than placebo - anyone familiar with my work surprised? For almost two
decades I have repeated thousands of times over that the hypothesis
behind antidepressants is backwards. THEY DO NOT WORK! And no one
wanted to hear it. Now the truth is out and how many have been left in
the wake? What a worldwide tragedy!!!! But a tragedy that could become
far worse before recovery begins due to the lack of knowledge by
professionals of safe methods for antidepressant withdrawal.
GPs
in the UK have been asked to cut the number of prescriptions for
antidepressants because after reviewing the studies that were kept from
the public for two decades it was found that these drugs are no more
helpful than taking a sugar pill. The country has put their money where
their mouth is and spent 170 Million pounds to train 3,600 new
therapists to help those who obviously are getting no help from the
antidepressants.
What is frightening is the withdrawal that we
will all have to experience as those who know next to nothing about
antidepressant withdrawal work to bring people down off these
antidepressants that do not work, but do produce horrific withdrawal
and terrible side effects.
For information on safe withdrawal
please refer patients to two decades of what patients have found will
work in antidepressant withdrawal in my tape/CD "Help! I Can't Get Off
My Antidepressant!" and PLEASE encourage them to NOT switch from one
antidepressant to another thinking the withdrawal will be any easier!
When the FDA warned that any abrupt change in dose of an
antidepressant, whether going up or down, can produce suicide,
hostility or psychosis, they meant it. Going down on one antidepressant
and up on another is doing that twice and can produce serious
reactions. We have enough bipolar patients on the planet without
antidepressant withdrawal increasing the numbers any more than it
already has (4000% in ten years)!!
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D., Executive Director,
International Coalition For Drug Awareness
Website: www.drugawareness.org
Author: Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? - Our Serotonin Nightmare
& CD or audio tape on safe withdrawal: "Help! I Can't Get
Off My Antidepressant!"
Order Number: 800-280-0730
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"We're
asking GPs to consider prescribing alternative therapies. Exercise, for
example, particularly 'green exercise' outdoors rather than in the gym,
has been shown to be very effective in combating depression. Diet can
also be an important factor."
(http://www.managementinpractice.com/default.asp?title=GPsurgedtocutnumberofantidepressantpr
escriptions&page=article.display&article.id=8706)
GPs urged to cut number of antidepressant prescriptions
Tuesday 26th February 2008
A charity is calling for GPs to reduce the number of antidepressant
prescriptions after a new study found some of the latest brands have limited benefits.
A
group of experts from the Department of Psychology at the University of
Hull analysed 47 clinical trials submitted to the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA).
These included studies on Prozac, Efexor,
and Seroxat, and the researchers claim they show little clinical
improvements in depressed patients.
Alison Cobb, policy officer at Mind, said: "This research is a serious
challenge to the predominance of drugs in treating depression.
"Antidepressants do help many people, but by no means all, and some people experience severe side-effects with them.
"Nine
out of 10 GPs say they've been forced to dish out drugs because they
don't have proper access to 'talking treatments' such as cognitive
behavioural therapy, which are recommended as the first-line treatment
for mild to moderate depression by the government treatment advice
body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
"The government is making very welcome investment in new talking therapies services, but they won't be online for some time yet.
"We're
asking GPs to consider prescribing alternative therapies. Exercise, for
example, particularly 'green exercise' outdoors rather than in the gym,
has been shown to be very effective in combating depression. Diet can
also be an important factor."
Copyright © PA Business 2008
"Echoing
guidance from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (Nice),
ministers believe talking therapies such as cognitive behavioural
therapies are as effective as medication in the short-term and more
effective over the long term. "
(http://www.politics.co.uk/news/opinion-former-index/health/thousands-more-therapists-as-doubts-cas
t-on-anti-depressants-$1207665.htm)
Thousands more therapists as doubts cast on anti-depressants
Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 14:46
Govt to fund 3,600 more talking therapists
More
than 3,500 therapists will be made available to help people with
depression and anxiety after it emerged anti-depressant medication does
not benefit many sufferers.
The government has announced a
£170 million investment in talking therapies, which will be used to
train 3,600 psychological therapists.
Echoing guidance from
the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (Nice), ministers believe
talking therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapies are as
effective as medication in the short-term and more effective over the
long term.
The announcement coincides with a review of
clinical trials, published in the Lancet medical journal, which found
anti-depressants are little more effective than placebo bills for many
sufferers.
Health secretary Alan Johnson said the additional
3,600 therapists would help secure access for anyone that needs it,
with the eventual target that all GP practices are able to access
psychological therapies.
Mr Johnson said: "The Improving
Access to Psychological Therapies programme has already captured the
imagination of primary care trusts up and down the country and is
transforming the lives of thousands of people with depression and
anxiety disorders in the areas that have been involved so far.
"This
document describes how that transformation can begin to be delivered in
every strategic health authority area over the next few years."
Health
minister Ivan Lewis explained one in six people suffer from mental
health problems at any one time, with GPs spending a third of their
time dealing with common problems such as stress, anxiety and
depression.
"For many people, prescribing medication is a
successful treatment but psychological therapies have proved to be as
effective as drugs in tackling these common mental health problems and
are often more effective in the longer term," Mr Lewis said.
"Today's
guidance is another step towards giving people with mental health
problems a real choice of treatment, helping to reduce dependence on
medication."
The Liberal Democrats have campaigned for greater
access to talking therapies and said today's Lancet review reinforced
its importance.
Health spokesman Norman Lamb said: "A genuine
choice of treatments for depression must be a core health service
priority, not a neglected afterthought.
“Patients should have
an individual entitlement to safe and dignified treatment in mental
health hospitals and other facilities within 13 weeks."
The
extra therapists announced today will treat patients with both mild and
severe conditions, using either high or low intensity therapy.
The
government expects they will enable 900,000 more people to be tested
for depression and anxiety, of whom 450,000 will be completely cured.
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