Cecily Bostock was a musician, an artist, an over-achiever in almost everything she did. She was having a lot of trouble sleeping, had racing thoughts, was over-analysing, and was overly sensitive. This prompted a prescription of paroxetine. Her mother Sara said that within three weeks of taking Seroxat, Cecily became a totally different person. “The last […]

Candace was a happy 12-year-old girl who had never been depressed or had suicidal ideation. She was prescribed sertraline because she suffered from school anxiety. Her mother Mathy found her beautiful little girl hanging, her knees drawn up. Her father knew the minute he saw her that it was too late but tried to administer CPR,

Stewart Dolin had the perfect life. He was married to his high school sweetheart for 36 years. He was the father of two grown children with whom he had a very close and meaningful relationship. He was a senior partner of a large international law firm, managing hundreds of corporate lawyers. He enjoyed his work and

Shane was 22 years old when he broke up with his girlfriend. He found it difficult without her and was prescribed citalopram. He became agitated and rang the doctor four days later, as his tongue felt very swollen (a recognized side effect of citalopram). He left a message but got no response, and five days later

Jake’s mother, Stephanie, describes her son as a beautiful, bright 14-year old boy. In late 2011, he was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome in an extremely mild form (the diagnosis of Asperger’s was eliminated in 2013 in DSM-5 and replaced by a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder). Jake started counselling with a psychologist in 2011 due

Maria Bradshaw’s son Toran who was her only child was prescribed fluoxetine in January 2007 despite having been assessed as being a healthy adolescent who had an expected reaction to a stressful life event, which was a breakup with his girlfriend. A month later, Toran experienced a severe cluster of adverse reactions including suicidal behaviour,

Danilo Terrida was only 20 when he hanged himself in a crane at a shipyard in 2011, two hours after having assured his family on the phone that he was fine and had small-talked with them. A month earlier, he had celebrated his birthday and everything apparently went well. Two weeks later, he made contact

The FDA issued a black box warning about antidepressants in 2004, updated in 2006, about “Increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children, adolescents, and young adults.” It is far worse than this. Depression pills double not only the risk of suicide, and not only in young people, but also suicides (1-4). Despite the

This little article is a copy of a section in my autobiography, Whistleblower in healthcare, which can be downloaded for free here: https://www.scientificfreedom.dk/books/. It describes how both GSK, AstraZeneca and Cochrane committed fraud, to the benefit of their steroid, but it doesn’t work and is actually harmful. Read article here

Depression drugs are ineffective for all degrees of depression and they double the risk of suicide whereas psychotherapy halves the risk of suicide. Guidelines for treating depression need to be urgently changed. Read article