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During Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, MISSD invites you to watch and share our new video explaining why akathisia awareness is essential to patient safety and medication-induced suicide prevention.
Akathisia is a serious, medication-induced disorder that is too often missed, misunderstood, or mistaken for another condition. Greater awareness can help patien...
As Lisa points out in our latest Akathisia Stories podcast, symptoms can be long lasting. Her experience is not unique; many akathisia sufferers have contacted MISSD to share similar reports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuMHy4cLoV0
A recent Psychiatric Times commentary attempts to challenge ten claims about antidepressants, including concerns about suicide risk. The authors discuss differences among antidepressants, modest average trial effects, discontinuation symptoms, and population-level suicide data.
But an essential safety issue is missing from the discussion: medication-induced...
A large review published in The Lancet and reported by PsyPost found substantial differences among antidepressants in weight, heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and liver-enzyme changes. These effects can influence a person’s health, quality of life, and ability to stay on a medication.
Patients should also be informed about serious adver...
A new Mad in America roundup looks at research and concerns surrounding long-term antidepressant use, withdrawal, and the lack of support many people face when trying to stop.
Withdrawal symptoms may include withdrawal akathisia, and sometimes be mistaken for relapse. Medication changes can also trigger akathisia: severe inner and outer restlessness, agitat...