James Moore
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Past articles by James:
When Tapering Antidepressants, is Going Slow Always the Best Strategy?
Do we take enough account of total drug exposure time when devising antidepressant tapering strategies? → Read More
John Read and Irving Kirsch – Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Does the Evidence From Clinical Trials Justify its Continued Use?
An interview with John Read and Irving Kirsch who tell us about their call to prohibit electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). → Read More
Two Years Tapering an Antidepressant – A Life-Changing Experience That I Didn’t Want
I started my antidepressant taper on May 12, 2017. Over two years later, I have managed through grim determination to get down to 25% of my starting dose. → Read More
Alita Taylor – Open Dialogue: Making Meaning
An interview with psychotherapist Alita Taylor who explains why Open Dialogue 'cannot be taught, but needs a teacher'. → Read More
Antidepressant Dependence Discussed at the Seat of Welsh Government – Video
Video of presentations made to the Welsh National Assembly at the Senedd in Cardiff. Prescribed Drug Dependence – recognition and support. → Read More
The 57th Maudsley Debate: Interview with Professor John Read and Doctor Sue Cunliffe
The 57th Maudsley Debate: "This house believes that ECT has no place in modern medicine" we interview Professor John Read and Dr Sue Cunliffe → Read More
Conflicts of Interest Questioned in Review of Prescribed Drug Dependence
An interview with Professor Sami Timimi, Psychiatrist Peter Gordon and campaigner Stevie Lewis, who talk about the potential for conflicts of interest with the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists participation in a Government-led review of Prescribed Drug Dependence. → Read More
Results of the 2018 Mad in America Reader Survey
In June, we ran our first ever reader survey. This update provides a brief review of the results so far and outlines what actions we will take in response. → Read More
Julia Rucklidge: Nutrition, Mental Health and TED
An interview with Dr Julia Rucklidge, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and Director of the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group. → Read More
Revisiting the Rationale and Evidence for Peer Support
From Psychiatric Times: A recent issue featured an opinion piece by D.J. Jaffe who argued that there is little empirical support for the effectiveness of p → Read More
Joanna Moncrieff and Carmine Pariante Debate Antidepressants
On June 19th, Joanna Moncrieff and Carmine Pariante held an online antidepressant Q&A session with host Danny Whittaker. There was an initial debate, f → Read More
Interview: Laws of Informed Consent
From Advancing Mental Health, An interview with Gary Brown, Attorney, about the laws of informed consent in psychiatry. Learn the origins of informed conse → Read More
Sami Timimi and John Read: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Latest Update
An interview with Professor Sami Timimi and Professor John Read who provide an update on a complaint made to the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists by a group of thirty academics, psychiatrists and people with lived experience. → Read More
Dr. Duncan Double: On Being a Critical Psychiatrist
An interview with Dr. Duncan Double, consultant psychiatrist in the UK. Duncan is a founder of the Critical Psychiatry Network and runs a critical psychiatry blog. We talk about Duncan’s experiences as a critical psychiatrist working within a bio-medically oriented profession. → Read More
Antidepressant Anarchy in the UK
Personal reflections on the Lancet antidepressant meta-analysis and the lodging of a formal complaint with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. → Read More
Royal College Of Psychiatrists Challenged Over Potentially Burying Inconvenient Antidepressant Data
Professor John Read and colleagues have today written to the President of the United Kingdom Royal College of Psychiatrists and Chair of the Psychopharmaco → Read More
Michael Fontaine: What the Ancient World Can Teach Us About Emotional Distress
An interview with Professor of classical languages and literature, Michael Fontaine. Michael is Associate Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at Cornell University in New York. We discuss what Ancient Greece and Rome can teach us about psychiatry and the concept of mental disorders. → Read More
Johann Hari: Lost Connections
An interview with journalist and author Johann Hari about his latest book: Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions, in which he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong. → Read More
Dr. Jennifer Bahr: Treating the Whole Person
An interview with Dr. Jennifer Bahr, who is a passionate advocate for naturopathic approaches to health and wellbeing. She is the founder of Resilience Naturopathic, which was founded with a mission to provide an alternative to those who struggle with their mental health. → Read More
Professor Sir Robin Murray: Reframing Psychotic Illness
An interview with Professor Sir Robin Murray who is an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in the Psychosis Service located at the Bethlem Royal Hospital in South London. He is also a Professor of Psychiatric Research at the Institute of Psychiatry. He is perhaps best known for helping to establish the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia, and for his work on the environmental risk… → Read More