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Antidepressants under fire?

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 3, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |

"Kennedy has long expressed skepticism about antidepressants, especially (SSRIs), questioning their safety and suggesting they are as addictive as heroin."

A Breakthrough in Depression Treatment?

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 15, 2024 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Revisiting Psychedelics as Medicine

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 21, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
About Ketamine for Depression

by C. Scott McMillin | May 22, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Supplements for Depression & Anxiety

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 11, 2022 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Depression in a Pandemic

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 21, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |

Esketamine Second Thoughts

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 4, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

The first trials did not demonstrate effectiveness beyond placebo. So the FDA allowed a third trial which apparently did, at least a little.

Withdrawal Dilemma

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 20, 2019 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |

The physician, meanwhile, depends on the information provided by medical science, usually in the form of materials from the pharma firm that markets the product.

Ketamine Comeback

by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 7, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

…for a casual reader, anecdotes such as hers are like commercials for drug use.

Opioid Disorders and Depression

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 11, 2019 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

The increased incidence of depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric symptoms linked to OUD may also help to account for high rates of relapse among patients, post-treatment, versus other substance disorders.

Psychedelia

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 30, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 1 |

My concern is that these same hallucinogens have a pronounced tendency to escape the research environment and find their way out into the streets

Tapering off Anti-Depressants

by C. Scott McMillin | May 14, 2018 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

In the absence of complaints, the prescriber can be tempted to assume things are going well, when in fact they aren’t.

Depression Update

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 7, 2017 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |

Patients with severe substance disorders may experience depression as a result of the cumulative effects of their substance use.

Celebrity Testimonials

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 23, 2017 | Families, People in Recovery, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

It’s an illness that at different times seems to respond to everything and nothing. As in ‘everything works for someone, and nothing works for everyone.’