Welcome to the Mad in America podcast, a weekly discussion that searches for the truth about psychiatric prescription drugs and mental health care worldwide.What happens when people try to stop their psychiatric drugs? In this interview, host James Moore speaks with Agnes Higgins and Cathal Cadogan about a survey by Trinity College Dublin among people who tried to taper off psychiatric medication.
They discuss what people experienced, what the survey found, which questions research should tackle next and what role pharmacists can play when you consider reducing or stopping your medication.
Cathal Cadogan is Associate Professor in Practice of Pharmacy at Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on support for people who want to make informed decisions about starting and stopping psychiatric medication. Agnes Higgins is a nurse and researcher and recently retired as professor in mental health at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. She is a former chair of Mental Health Reform Ireland.
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Mad in America’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad). We believe that the current drug-based paradigm of care has failed our society, and that scientific research, as well as the lived experience of those who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, calls for profound change.
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