Research into Antipsychotic Discontinuation and Reduction -RCT research study led by @joannamoncrieff @uclpsychiatry contact: radar@nelft.nhs.uk NIHR funded

Joined November 2016
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Well done to @Zhaime on publication of this review on the effects of psychiatric drugs on social cognition (effects which likely confound findings of social cognition deficits in people with psychosis). Part of a project arising from the @RADARprogramme. link.springer.com/epdf/10.11…

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Just published: paper on why survival analysis is misleading in trials of long-term drug treatment of psychiatric conditions because it obscures the withdrawal effect @PGtzsche1 @ReadReadj @markhoro @HengartnerMP ebm.bmj.com/content/early/20…

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Valuable review of what's currently known about what helps with social and occupational recovery in early psychosis
Our paper is out in @PsychMedJournal today😀 Social and occupational recovery in early psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions cup.org/3kTNH7Q Thank you to @GaryD2011 @megan_cowman and @CRISPDouglas1
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Well done Lisa @LGruenwald3 on publication of realist review highlighting limitations of antipsychotic reviews in primary care - a concern due to increasing pressure to discharge mental health service users rdcu.be/csdhT @RADARprogramme @UCLPsychiatry

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For people who missed the panel session of service users discussing the difference between withdrawal effects and relapse when stopping antipsychotics the link is on the UCL website @RADARprogramme @MrJonnyBenjamin
The @RADARprogramme webinar on adverse effects following antipsychotic discontinuation and what they consist of is now available ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/researc…
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We are live tweeting from the online #RADARconference2021 today promoting researcher engagement at our sites across the country. We’ve got an exciting agenda of speakers starting at 2pm.
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The authors found that MH staff were highly motivated to support their frontline colleagues and found it rewarding, however they experienced anxiety and uncertainty around their role, overwork and overlooked their own MH. Concl: urgent need to consider needs of MH staff
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Paper co-written with @RADARprogramme colleagues shows that it is possible to carry out RCTs in people with schizophrenia which are representative, with regards to illness severity, of the broader population of people with schizophrenia
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The @RADARprogramme webinar on adverse effects following antipsychotic discontinuation and what they consist of is now available ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/researc…
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Our recent study shows that people who signed up for the Radar trial are similar to other patients with the same diagnoses with evidence of similar severity sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @RADARprogramme @markhoro @ReadReadj

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Webinar TODAY at 2pm, still time to sign up if you are interested in coming along eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-o…

Still spaces to come along to panel discussion tomorrow about patients' experiences of the difference between relapse and withdrawal when stopping antipsychotics. @MrJonnyBenjamin @RADARprogramme @sandrasagary @joannamoncrieff
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Still time to sign up to attend this event on Wednesday 9th June at 2pm eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-o…

Come along to this event in which people with lived experience will answer the question 'how does relapse differ from withdrawal effects from antipsychotics?' online on June 9th from 2-3.30pm. Informative for clinicians and antipsychotic users bit.ly/3bISSnx
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