David Healy - APRIL Charity

Talk at APRIL Conference 2008 David Healy is professor of psychiatry at Cardiff University and a former secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. He is the author of over 150 articles and 20 books, including The Antidepressant Era The Creation of Psychopharmacology, Let Them Eat Prozac and Mania. He has drawn attention to the psychiatric side effects of drugs from suicidality and violence to physical dependence. Web site that has information about history of David Healy's battle to expose the problems of SSRI antidepressants ADRs and withdrawal: Web site: healyprozac.com/ Title of presentation in Session 3: When Treatments go Wrong. For more information and copy of slides go to april.org.uk For David Healy's publications Google and Amazon have information.

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Please donate - via the button on the left of screen, to help us continue our work. Any amount, however small will be appreciated. No one in APRIL is paid a salary! but we have much more to do in areas including: Suicide prevention, improvement of medical educatio, withdrawal support for involuntary addicts of benzodiazepine, SSRIs, some pain killers and other medication, persuading coroners & the police to evaluate medical (iatrogenic) causes of sudden death & suicide, reducing polypharmacy due to unrecognised ADRs (Adverse drug reactions).

We have successfully instigated inclusion of adverse reactions and withdrawal effects in Suicide Prevention Strategies in England. The inclusion of depression as a side-effect of Dianette (Diane-35) being included on the patient information. We have increased the level of patient reporting to the regulator. We are supporting efforts to include pharmacology back into the medical curriculum.
The work must go on, as we are the only charity creating awareness of psychiatric adverse reactions (ADRs) to all kinds of medication & anaesthetics.

APRIL's 3rd CONFERENCE - Films of CONFERENCE talks include: Coming Off Medicines with Dr David Healy and Professor Heather Ashton & eminent speakers in our panel discussion - Read Biographies of speakers and information about our 2001 2004 & 2008 conferences

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The work must go on, as we are the only charity creating awareness of psychiatric adverse reactions (ADRs) to all kinds of medication & anaesthetics.