262: New Developments in Getting Off of Psychiatric Medications

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of getting off psychiatric medications and the recent consensus on deprescribing them.

It's often easier to start taking a psychiatric medication than to get off of it, or even to know when it's OK to stop. The Make America Healthy Again movement has highlighted this issue, which has long been neglected by the field of psychiatry. In this episode Joel and I discuss the widespread use of antidepressant medication, the risks and benefits of taking medication for psychiatric issue (especially depression), and a recent consensus statement on deprescribing psychiatric meds by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Get full access to Think Act Be with Seth Gillihan at thinkactbe.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Seth J. Gillihan

Guest: Joel

Topics covered

• psychiatric medications
• deprescribing
• mental health
• antidepressants
• risks and benefits
• psychiatry

Keywords

• psychiatric medications
• deprescribing
• antidepressants
• mental health
• risks and benefits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Make America Healthy Again

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