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4.2 Additional published evidence reviewed
Published reports about SSRI withdrawal reactions are listed in a separate table. The following citations relate to other matters discussed in the original paper, The Antidepressant Web; they are listed under value-laden terms (in red) and/or index terms (in black). Titles of particular interest are in larger type. Please suggest really useful additions to this list.
Outstanding studies and reviews
D.O. Antonuccio et al, 1999 - Raising Questions about Antidepressants
Glenmullen, 2000 - A detailed and disturbing review of problems with SSRIs (book)
R.P. Greenberg, S. Fisher, 1989 - Antidepressant drug trials could be much improved
D. Healy, 1998 - Two new books: absolutely seminal stuff and a pleasure to read
I. Kirsch, G. Sapirstein, 1998 - Fascinating stuff about placebo response in depression
Viguera et al., 1998 - Important review of consequences of antidepressant withdrawal
| T.J. Moore, 1997 - | Discussion of SSRI risks and the FDA's failure to address them |
| See also Thomas J Moore's website: http://www.thomasjmoore.com |
WHO, 1998 - At, last, a definition of 'dependence' on SSRIs marked by brevity, clarity and cogency
Interesting and important
Do antidepressants sensitise to depression, and promote long-term use? Fava, 1994, 1995
Testing antidepressants against active placebos - Moncrieff et al, 1998, Greenberg & Fisher, 1989
BMJ editor says most published research is inadequate, Boseley, 1998
"... a disturbing story of reckless neglect" by the MCA, Roberts et al, 1998
Disturbing stuff about children on Ritalin, Prozac and other psychiatric drugs - Diller, 2000
Extrapyramidal reactions, sexual dysfunction, and SSRI withdrawal reviewed, A. Campomori et al., 1999
A leading pharmacist discusses the severity of SSRI withdrawal and inadequate warnings, Taylor D, 1999
A fascinating, straightforward view of long-term dependence on antidepressants, Nathan & Kinney, 1985
What is depression as experienced by people who know what it means? Karp, 1996
Press report re: SSRI antidepressants promoted directly to US consumers: Freudenheim, 1998
Antidepressants are no better than placebo in mild depression: Venning, 2000
Interesting, somehow disappointing
Anon, 1999 - Drug & Ther. Bull on: Withdrawing patients from antidepressants
C. Norton, 1998 - Sunday paper report: "Spare your blushes: doctors create pill to stop shyness"
L. Baer et al, 1994 - Does this paper give evidence of withdrawal symptoms or relapse, or both?
A.R. Entsuah et al, 1996 - Re the benefits of venlafaxine in long-term treatment of depression
K.J. Gregor et al, 1994 - Re prescribing of fluoxetine and sertraline in a US hospital outpatient department
P. Haddad et al, 1998 - Re BMJ editorial, Antidepressant withdrawal is preventable and simple to treat
H.A. Pincus et al, 1998 - Re US prescribing/consumption data for SSRI antidepressants
In a class of its own
P. Haddad, Do antidepressants have any potential to cause addiction? J. Psychopharmacol., 1999, 13(3), 300-307.
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