Medical Self Help Links

LINK	DESCRIPTION
Antidepressant Effectiveness	The comparative effectiveness of second generation antidepressant medications in the treatment of adult depression from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in PDF format.
Antidepressants in Adolescence	"Antidepressant use in adolescence: We're asking the wrong questions" is a Paediatric Viewpoint article by Marshall Korenblum, MD on the abuses of antidepressant drug use, in PDF format.
Ashton Manual Download Page	This is a 2002 edition manual, downloadable in PDF format, explains the side effects of benzodiazepine medications, and how to taper off of them when quitting.
Other Ashton Publications	Other publications from Professor Heather Ashton about benzodiazepine dependence and withdrawal, in PDF format.
Arthritis Society	The Arthritis Society offers low or no-fee programs to people in Greater Victoria suffering from arthritis, osteoarthritis, chronic pain and stress.
Benzodiazepine Use in B.C.	A UBC newsletter citing 170,000 B.C. residents being improperly prescribed benzodiazepine medication, in PDF format.
Bruno Groening	This healer in post-war Germany believed anyone could be cured of their mental and physical infirmity by trusting and believing in Devine energy.
Cochrane Collaboration	The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit organisation, providing up-to-date information about the effects of health care.
Drug Company Corruption	Gwen Olsen, a 15 year veteran of the Pharmaceutical Industry, exposes the Big Pharma on YouTube.
Drugless Tx. of Schizophrenia	Options for treating schizophrenia without relying excessively on the use of anti-psychotic medications.
Drug Use in Canada & B.C.	Reports from UBC's Centre for Health Services and Policy Research on the escalating use of prescription drugs in Canada and B.C..
Drug Watch	A site dedicated to educating the public about the details of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Health Canada SSRI Warning	People taking selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and other newer anti-depressants may be at increased risk of self-harm or harm to others.
Listening to Prozac	Controversial article suggesting much of the beneficial effect from antidepressants like Prozac is placebo.
Manufacturing Addiction	An article by Janet Currie about the overprescription of benzodiazepine and sleeping pills to women, in PDF format.
Marketization of Depression	An article by Janet Currie about the overprescription of SSRI antidepressants to women, in PDF format.
MDs Accepting New Patients	A list of family physicians in the Greater Victoria and surrounding area accepting new patients.
MDs in B.C.	A list of the family physicians in B.C. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C..
Medical Errors	Results from research into injuries or complications from medical errors made in Canadian acute care hospitals.
Medication Risks	"Communicating Risks Associated with Psychiatric Drugs" presented to Health Canada, by Daisy Anderson.
Medication Withdrawal	"Harm Reduction Guide to Coming off Psychiatric Drugs" educates people about their options for coming off their medications, in PDF format.
Media Doctor	Media Doctor reviews current news stories about medical drugs and treatments, and assesses the stories' quality using a standardised rating scale.
Mind/Body Health: Interactive	Learn how mental health affects your physical health by clicking on an interactive diagram of the human body.
Orthomolecular Medicine	Learn about dietary alternatives to medication from orthomolecular medicine pioneer, Dr. Abram Hoffer.
Psychiatric Medications	This booklet by E. Daisy Anderson and Janet Currie gives basic information about the problems associated with taking psychiatric drugs.
Tardive Dyskinesia Center	This center provides educational information on tardive dyskinesia (TD), a movement disorder caused primarily by antipsychotic medications.
Women's Health	Information from Women and Health Protection about the safety of pharmaceutical drugs.

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