Why antidepressants need to be understood

with Marion Brown

Marion Brown was a human givens psychotherapist in private practice for 7 years and through her work, became very concerned about the many difficult experiences she could see people were having with antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications and sedatives taken as prescribed – often with difficult side effects and withdrawal problems. Marion now shares what she has learnt, to help therapists and people struggling with those complex issues – and she works tirelessly to increase awareness of them…

 

References

Documents:

• In8 Cards
• Anonymised letter template
• Neurotoxins summary poster

Links:

• NEW Antidepressants: what we all need to know - live online workshop 

• Rxisk – notes on antidepressant withdrawal to take to your therapist
• 7-11 breathing: How does deep breathing make you feel more relaxed?
• Serotonin syndrome
• Harm reduction guide to coming off psychiatric drugs and withdrawal
• Inner Compass
• Surviving antidepressants
• Let’s Talk Withdrawal 
• Akathisia 101 free 1 hr course 
• Welsh Senedd event Dec 2018
• TED talk – Sleep – Jeff Illiff
• Recovery Road
• Baylissa

Books:

• ‘Recovery and Renewal’ by Baylissa Frederick
• ‘The Straight-talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs’ by Joanna Moncrieff
• ‘The Straight-talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis’ by Lucy Johnstone
• ‘The Pill that steals lives’ by Katinka Blackford Newman

Marion Brown online articles – for clients and therapists:

• Why professionals must admit to the dangers of psychiatric drugs
• Articles on welldoing.org
• June HG Newsletter

Marion’s Infographic: Patient Journey:

• Infographic