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Peter Gotzsche

BMJ article: is the long-term use of psychiatric drugs harmful?

The BMJ today publishes an article by CEP member Professor Peter Gøtzsche, in which he claims that the long-term use of psychiatric medication is causing more harm than good.  The article is timed to co-incide with a Maudsley Debate which will be held today on the same topic. More than half a million people aged above […]

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Peter Gotzsche

Peter Gøtzsche responds to BMJ article challenging CEP’s overprescribing figures

Dr Margaret McCartney has today published an article in the BMJ entitled ‘Overprescribing antidepressants: where’s the evidence?’ which casts doubt on the validity of figures used by CEP to highlight the growth of prescribing of antidepressants. “CEP said that antidepressant use had increased by 92% in England since 20035; however, it cited the Health and […]

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