E3: Why antidepressants need to be understood

Everyone should be aware of the side effects, the…

An episode of the The Good Mental Health Podcast podcast, hosted by Human Givens Institute, titled "E3: Why antidepressants need to be understood" was published on February 14, 2019 and runs 55 minutes.

February 14, 2019 ·55m · The Good Mental Health Podcast

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Everyone should be aware of the side effects, the difficulties of reducing the dose or stopping antidepressants... Marion Brown was a human givens psychotherapist in private practice for 7 years and through her work, became very concerned about the many difficult experiences she could see people were having with antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications and sedatives taken as prescribed - often with difficult side effects and withdrawal problems. Marion now shares what she has learnt, to help therapists and people struggling with those complex issues - and she works tirelessly to increase awareness of them… Join Marion's colleague, Beverley Thomson for a live online workshop - Antidepressants: what we all need to know: https://www.humangivens.com/college/antidepressants-what-we-all-need-to-know/ To access the references mentioned in this episode, click here: https://www.hgi.org.uk/resources/podcasts/why-antidepressants-need-be-understood For more information about depression, see: https://www.hgi.org.uk/useful-info/what-depression-%E2%80%93-and-how-deal-it Explore the human givens approach > https://www.humangivens.com/human-givens/about/ Become a psychotherapist > https://www.humangivens.com/college/diploma/ Find a therapist: https://www.hgi.org.uk/find-therapist If you enjoyed this podcast, please write a review. Thank you. #psychology #mentalhealthawareness #psychotherapy #humangivens #thegoodmentalhealthpodcast

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Everyone should be aware of the side effects, the difficulties of reducing the dose or stopping antidepressants... Marion Brown was a human givens psychotherapist in private practice for 7 years and through her work, became very concerned about the many difficult experiences she could see people were having with antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications and sedatives taken as prescribed - often with difficult side effects and withdrawal problems. Marion now shares what she has learnt, to help therapists and people struggling with those complex issues - and she works tirelessly to increase awareness of them… Join Marion's colleague, Beverley Thomson for a live online workshop - Antidepressants: what we all need to know: https://www.humangivens.com/college/antidepressants-what-we-all-need-to-know/ To access the references mentioned in this episode, click here: https://www.hgi.org.uk/resources/podcasts/why-antidepressants-need-be-understood For more information about depression, see: https://www.hgi.org.uk/useful-info/what-depression-%E2%80%93-and-how-deal-it Explore the human givens approach > https://www.humangivens.com/human-givens/about/ Become a psychotherapist > https://www.humangivens.com/college/diploma/ Find a therapist: https://www.hgi.org.uk/find-therapist If you enjoyed this podcast, please write a review. Thank you. #psychology #mentalhealthawareness #psychotherapy #humangivens #thegoodmentalhealthpodcast

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