Thread by @Deedoherty2

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 1/ Sorry for the late reply @DrJanaway and indeed @psychgeist52, where is the outrage, and from psychiatrists, as asked by Dr Malcolm Kendrick years ago? Also 30 years of failed trials.

drmalcolmkendrick.org/2015/10/01/stu….

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 2/ #Study329 appeared in the Crime Section of the Huffington Post.

*The trials for Prozac/Fluoxetine are indistinguishable from those of Seroxat/ Paroxetine & other trials in showing *no evidence of benefit* & evidence of a great deal of harm to include preventable deaths

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 3/ I would appeal to you as a human being to

a) read “Children of the Cure”

b) to imagine #Prozac withdrawal in a child (rxisk.org/antidepressant…)

c) Akathisia, a form of Mental Torture, in a child ()

c) #PSSD (pssdcanada.squarespace.com/our-stories/su…).

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 4/ In my view, & in the view I imagine of most right minded people, the prescription of these drugs to infants or toddlers is medically, ethically, & morally indefensible (

https://twitter.com/PaulMinotMD/status/1287733258256625664?s=20

).

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 5/ The news clearly states that prescriptions were made for “mood”. To try to defend reckless prescribing for “other conditions” such as pain relief was & is non evidence based

https://twitter.com/jf_moore/status/1352308334976786436?s=20

.

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 6/ For anyone who is following the science, it was and is not even medically justifiable to prescribe these discredited drugs to young adults: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 7/ When decades of research show no advantage of SSRIS in youth, what should the scientific community & the public make of a “meta-analysis” which simply goes back to a study widely criticised 18 years ago that featured just one drug with outlier results & ignores the rest?

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 8/ The recent Cipriani et al study you decided to share with fllwrs is almost as grossly misleading as the travesty of #Study329, still unretracted. Prof Allen Frances, whom you appear to admire, had stated there was no “absolutely no sense” in US kids still being on these meds

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 9/ I can assure you beyond the facts, that it is beyond cruelly misleading & especially as reports increase that children & youth have been badly impacted by the global crisis.

https://twitter.com/Deedoherty2/status/1331344629552324608?s=20

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 10/ In my view, the appropriate response from an evidence based psychiatrist who obviously does care about the lives & health of children & young people & who claims to advocate for the iatrogenically harmed & bereaved, would have been to join calls for a retraction?

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 11/ People trust you. Your followers trust you.

One of the reasons you enjoy a huge following & public trust is that you are well known for routinely calling people out (from politicians to other medical professionals whose views or actions you may not agree with, to patients)

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 12/ It's not only (junk) Guidelines on SSRIS in children & youth which may have encouraged Drs to prescribe SSRIS despite warnings from drug regulators (

https://twitter.com/bmj_latest/status/1159549858275090433?s=20

), every time a trusted psychiatrist defends or promotes eg Prozac in youth, he or she enables this

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 13/ Perhaps if you'd take the time to read the facts & what Prozac withdrawal, akathisia, or PSSD can be like for adults (as all psychiatrists should in my view), you may kindly let me know why you believe prescribing these drugs to infants or toddlers is medically justifiable?

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway 14/ Also why you believe sharing the Cipriani et al #metaanalysis without the facts is not cruelly misleading to fllws when a parent may lose a beloved child to trust?

Again, my dismay is born of frustration & desperation

This may help me to understand where you're coming from

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway Just to add news earlier this year from Australia. The Australian Govt also announced a new Suicide Prevention programme.

https://twitter.com/Deedoherty2/status/1308453343937867777?s=19

https://twitter.com/ClinpsychLucy/status/1271852911979646976?s=19

@psychgeist52 @drjanaway ...And the news from Australia now:

https://twitter.com/PsychwatchA/status/1358546869329166337?s=19