NHMRC doubles down on 'grossly misleading' claim that the new ADHD Guideline is ‘evidence-based'.
By Dr Martin Whitely Editor PsychWatch Australia According to its website the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Sep 19, 20225 min read
College of Psychiatrists takes down false claim that drugs rebalance brain chemistry
Earlier this month, nine members of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) wrote to their College...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Aug 23, 20224 min read
Myth persists at RANZCP - College of Psychiatrists still claims that meds rebalance brain chemicals
Below is a copy of a letter objecting to misleading information on the RANZCP website, claiming that psychotropic 'medications work by...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Jun 27, 20224 min read
Youth suicide risk from antidepressants prompts Health Minister to demand safe treatment guidelines
Mounting evidence that taking antidepressants increases the risk of suicide among young Australians has triggered the Albanese Government...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Issue Update - Suicide and Antidepressant Use among young Australians
The Issue Update (PDF available above) details the progress of the TGA's Review into the relationship between antidepressant use and...
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Dr Martin Whitely
May 9, 20227 min read
Morrison Government overrules TGA to approve antidepressant manufactured by political donor
In September 2020 Australia’s independent medical product safety regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), rejected an...
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Dr Martin Whitely
May 2, 20221 min read
MedicineWise Report: Epidemiology of mental health conditions and antidepressant use in people aged
In 2020 the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) commissioned a review of antidepressant use, mental health and related...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Mar 8, 20211 min read
New book 'Overprescribing Madness - What's driving Australia's epidemic of mental illness.'
Available online in paperback ($29.95) or e-book ($11.95) or in selected bookstores. What the experts say: As a teacher and...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Oct 28, 20204 min read
Melbourne’s COVID spike in antidepressant use may trigger suicides by children and adolescents
By Martin Whitely Last month, well before today's easing of Melbourne's lockdown, a group of ten GPs co-signed an open letter to...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Oct 13, 202016 min read
Young distressed Australians put at ultra-high-risk of stigma by $33M pre-psychosis drug research
by Dr Martin Whitely Led by prominent psychiatrist and former Australian of the year Patrick McGorry, youth mental health research...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Jun 18, 20203 min read
Inquiry into Antidepressants and Youth Suicide link established by Health Minister Greg Hunt
Last Sunday (14 June 2020) the Sydney Morning Herald reported Australian Government Health Minister Greg Hunt had instructed his...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Jun 8, 20202 min read
Link between antidepressants and suicides by young Australians revealed in new research.
New research from Curtin University and the University of Adelaide has shown rates of antidepressant use and suicide by young Australians...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Nov 28, 20197 min read
130,000+ Aussie kids will take ADHD drugs in 2019 (and tens of thousands of others will abuse them).
In the decade since Fiona Stanley said “the vast majority of kids on ADHD drugs are on drugs unnecessarily" the number drugged has doubled.
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Dr Martin Whitely
Nov 12, 201916 min read
Productivity Commission advises Morrison Government to end headspace's youth mental health monopoly.
The Productivity Commission’s draft mental health report, released last week, includes a bombshell recommendation, so far overlooked by Aust
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Dr Martin Whitely
Oct 14, 20197 min read
Boom time again for Perth's ADHD Industry as Roger Cook weakens amphetamine prescribing controls
A WA psychiatrist prescribed amphetamine to 2,074 people in 2015. How much money does Dr 2074 make giving ADHD patients a daily drug habit?
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Dr Martin Whitely
Jul 22, 20195 min read
New Study-Antidepressants Increase Suicide Risk by 150% published same week McGorry+Hickie deny link
Hengartner found that "the rate of (attempted) suicide [in adults] was about 2.5 times higher in antidepressant arms relative to placebo".
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Dr Martin Whitely
Jun 1, 201928 min read
More young Australians suicide/self-harm and use antidepressants while experts dismiss FDA warning
In 2004, the US FDA warned that using antidepressants was associated with an increased (approximately doubled) risk of suicidal thoughts and
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Dr Martin Whitely
Apr 23, 201913 min read
1 in 8 (over 3 million) Australians are on antidepressants - Why is the Lucky Country so miserable?
By Dr Martin Whitely and Dr Melissa Raven Enquiries to psychwatchaustralia@gmail.com According to the OECD, in both 2000 and 2015,...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Feb 28, 20194 min read
Diagnosing Bad Psychiatry
Bad psychiatrists love lists and ticking boxes. During consultations, they ignore the individual in front of them, and look to tick...
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Dr Martin Whitely
Jan 1, 20199 min read
Drug companies hide safety data behind FOI loophole while secretly donating to political parties
...drug companies have been able to masterfully game our hidden, industry friendly, system. Without reform, , of FOI, political donation...
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