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 Business Week: When the Cure May Make You Sicker - http://www.businessweek.com/1998/11/b3569025.htm Article that presents an argument that most prescription medications are not really safe. Author cites psychiatric medications that have caused problems. |
 Doctor Z - http://home.mindspring.com/~doctorz/id14.html Dr. Scott Zentner, board-certified psychiatrist, shares his insights about new psychotropic medications and other mental health issues. |
 AtHealth: Medications for Mental Illnesses - http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/mcabinet/m_mentalillness.html NIH booklet to help people understand the use of medication in the treatment of mental illness. |
 Brainzaps: A Journal of Effexor Withdrawal - http://brainzaps.tblog.com A support and awareness-raising resource for those experiencing discontinuation effects from the antidepressant Effexor, including a weblog documenting the author's withdrawal process. |
 A Different Kind of Drug War - http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1571/46_15/58170574/p1/article.jhtml?term=scientology An article which discusses a higher standard of care when prescribing mind-altering drugs for school children. |
 What You Should Know About Psychiatry and Psychiatric Drugs - http://www.outlookcities.com/psych/ Book reviews and psychiatric drug data. |
 Med Help International Mental Health Forum - http://www.medhelp.org/forums/mentalhealth/wwwboard.html A question forum for prescription psychiatric drugs, answered by a medical doctor. Readers can view previous answers at no charge. |
 HelpGuide - Medications for Treating Depression and Anxiety - http://helpguide.org/mental/medications_depression.htm Non-commercial resources for learning about the risks and benefits of medications for depression and anxiety. Also includes information on controversies surrounding SSRIs. |
 International Coalition for Drug Awareness - http://www.drugawareness.org/ A group dedicated to educating others about the dangers of prescription medications. Site concentrates mainly on SSRI serotonin-enhancing medications. |
 Freedom Mag - http://psychdrugs.freedommag.org/psych-drugs-freedom-mag.htm News and articles regarding the negative aspects of psychiatric drugs. |
 Medicate Your Dissent - http://www.tc.umn.edu/~ellio023/medicate.htm Article by philosopher and medical ethicist Carl Elliott that considers the effect of anti-depressants on dissent. |
 Why Am I Taking so Many Medications? - http://www.ncpamd.com/Why_so_many_medications.htm Positive and negative reasons for the increase in medication use in America. A balanced view of this phenomenon. |
 Shrink-Rapt Poetry? - http://www.blehert.com/essays/shrink.html An article by a poet, Dean Blehert, on the possible danger of administering psychotropic drugs to creative people. |