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Re: Withdrawal from antidepressants - 2025 review using DESS scale

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Marion Brown @mmarionbrown.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.

Chinook 1994 helicopter crash families criticise MoD for 'losing moral compass' | Daily Mail Online

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Ministry of Defence is meant to protect our country yet it seems unable to protect its own service personnel (or Afghan families) and covers up its mistakes by lying & hiding the truth.

Watch the film 👇🏼👇🏼, sign & share please

change.org/JusticeForThe29

www.dailymail.co.uk/video/video/...

Families of the victims of the 1994 RAF Chinook crash have criticised the Ministry of Defence for refusing a public inquiry into the incident and sealing key documents for 100 years. Relatives of the...

www.dailymail.co.uk

Afghan leak cover-up boosts campaign for new Chinook crash inquiry

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jul 18

You can read more here : www.thetimes.com/article/985a...

Families of the 1994 Mull of Kintyre crash victims say the MoD’s actions over the data leak of Afghans who worked for Britain prove the need for transparency

www.thetimes.com

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jul 18

"The Ministry of Deceit" - how former RAF officer Chris Cook, brother of Rick Cook - one of the two pilots falsely blamed for the 1994 Chinook crash, describes the MoD in today's
@thetimes.com

#chinookjustice Support our campaign at change.org/JusticeForThe29
.

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Marion Brown @mmarionbrown.bsky.social · Jul 18

"This begs the question why these known multiple antidepressant 'discontinuation-emergent' physical/bodily symptoms came to be incorporated into tools to encourage prescribers to consider Medically Unexplained Syndromes (MUS) and overlook antidepressant withdrawal?" 🤔

Marion Brown @mmarionbrown.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.

Re: Withdrawal from antidepressants - 2025 review using DESS scale

Re: Withdrawal from antidepressants - 2025 review using DESS scale

Marion Brown @mmarionbrown.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Thanks to @bmj.com for publishing my Rapid Response to the New article reporting the July 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article which downplays the incidence and severity of antidepressant withdrawal.

New clues point to engine failure for cause of Air India plane crash

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are horrified to read that one of the potential causes of the #AirIndia #Boeing crash is the electronic engine software on board.

The FADEC software was considered "positively dangerous" and is why the Boeing RAF Chinook on which our loved ones died in 1994 was grounded by MoD test engineers.

Videos and witness reports suggest that the Boeing 787 could have experienced power loss from both engines

www.thetimes.co.uk

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jun 16

"...under Article 2 of the Human Rights Act, which protects the right to life, and for the sealed files to be made available to that inquiry." #chinookjustice chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk 5/5

Chinook Justice Campaign | Answers and Accountability

Support the Chinook Justice Campaign to help 29 families whose loved ones were killed in the 1994 RAF Chinook crash in Scotland. They want access to key documents which have been sealed for 100 years ...

chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks to BBC South
for the latest coverage of our campaign.

While we wait for the Ministry of Defence to respond to our legal action, it’s clear public pressure is mounting for a full judge led public inquiry.

www.yahoo.com/news/childre...

Children of Chinook crash victims 'need answers'

Children whose parents died in 1994 RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre want a public inquiry.

www.yahoo.com

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jun 23

According to Osborne, Fox himself has doubts that Lord Philip's Review into the 1994 crash got to the bottom of the airworthiness issues on the Mark 2 helicopter, and is happy to help to get to the truth. That's very good news for the #ChinookJustice Campaign. We intend to get to the truth.

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jun 23

Former Chancellor George Osborne, speaking on the @politicalcurrency.bsky.social podcast, says
Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary who finally cleared the pilots of blame, now "has doubts" about the airworthiness of the #RAF #Chinook which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994.

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Venetia Menzies @venetiamenzies.bsky.social · Jun 15

“There is my life before I experienced antidepressant withdrawal, and there is my life after,” said Carrie Clark

“I can't emphasise this to you enough. It is the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me. It's like a scar on my life”

📸 Adrian Sherratt for The Sunday Times

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Venetia Menzies @venetiamenzies.bsky.social · Jun 15

The investigation based on NHS England data obtained by FOI reveals 👇

- 12% of England on antidepressants (16% of women, 9% of men)
- 7% on them 5 years of more (9% of women, 4% of men) double the amount 3 years ago
- 23% women over 50 on them, 15% for > 5 years

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Venetia Menzies @venetiamenzies.bsky.social · Jun 15

INVESTIGATION: 7% of England -3.8m people- have been on antidepressants for > 5 years 💊

While effective for some, long term use carries risks + raises chances of withdrawal when stopping, leaving some feeling "trapped" on the drugs @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

A generation of women over 50 stuck taking antidepressants

A quarter of women in their fifties and sixties take antidepressants, and 15 per cent of women over 50 have been on them for longer than five years

www.thetimes.com

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jun 14

At 1pm today, as part of the flypast for King Charles #TroopingTheColour parade, 4 #RAFChinook's will fly over Buckingham Palace.

Not every #Chinook journey has ended happily

Watch ou #chinookjustice #fathersday film here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM

And here's Andy's story:

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The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · Jun 15

While you celebrate Father's Day today - please spare a few minutes to watch our film.

We made it to mark 31 years since our fathers were killed - in an unairworthy RAF Chinook helicopter.

you'll find the full length version here youtu.be/_NvNe36S_WM

And Joel's story is here

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James Davies PhD @drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social · May 18

The American Psychiatric Association’s (2025) annual conference, or should we say Pharma Expo 2025? One glance at the conference map & you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a sales convention, not a 'medical' gathering 👇

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James Davies PhD @drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social · May 14

Call me cynical, but isn't Mental Health Awareness Week a hollow festival of shallow & performative activism, that companies leverage to stage 'progressiveness' & everyone else expolits to sell their individualistic ideas & wares; where social determinants remain buried & nothing gets better.

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Informed Consent Matters @ic-matters.bsky.social · Apr 1

Hyperbolic tapering is safer, but is no guarantee that you will come through without injury after taking psychiatric drugs.

The only way to guarantee safety is to not take them in the first place. Patients need to be told this when the drugs are offered (and they need alternatives).

Half of Those Who Take Antidepressants Are Labeled “Treatment Resistant”

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Mad in America @mad-in-america.bsky.social · Apr 28

Half of Those Who Take Antidepressants Are Labeled “Treatment Resistant”

Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them “treatment resistant.”

By Peter Simons

www.madinamerica.com/2025/04/half...

Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them “treatment resistant.”

www.madinamerica.com

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Marion Brown @mmarionbrown.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social

bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance

Role of primary care in depression relapse: a qualitative study

Background Relapse contributes to the clinical and societal burden associated with depression. It is not well understood how relapse risk and prevention are managed and discussed between patients and ...

bjgp.org

Role of primary care in depression relapse: a qualitative study

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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · May 7

“...research has shown … some patients confuse relapse with discontinuation symptoms, and that patients may not have full confidence in their GP’s ability to discuss antidepressant discontinuation owing to a perceived lack of knowledge and time…” #biorisks drug withdrawal misdiagnosed as ‘relapse'

Marion Brown @mmarionbrown.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social

bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance

Background Relapse contributes to the clinical and societal burden associated with depression. It is not well understood how relapse risk and prevention are managed and discussed between patients and ...

bjgp.org

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Marion Brown @mmarionbrown.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
for publishing e-letter 'Relapse or Withdrawal' highlighting new SCRIPT [safeprescriber.org] guidance ...
@rcpsych.bsky.social
@markhoro.bsky.social

bjgp.org/content/75/753/e292/tab-e-letters#relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance

Role of primary care in depression relapse: a qualitative study

Background Relapse contributes to the clinical and societal burden associated with depression. It is not well understood how relapse risk and prevention are managed and discussed between patients and ...

bjgp.org