Harm Reduction Guide To Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs & Withdrawal
Submitted by Icarus Project on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 9:54pm.
The Icarus Project and Freedom Center's 40-page guide gathers the best information we've come across and the most valuable lessons we've learned about reducing and coming off psychiatric medication. Includes info on mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs, risks, benefits, wellness tools, psychiatric drug withdrawal, information for people staying on their medications, detailed Resource section, and much more. A 'harm reduction' approach means not being pro- or anti-medication, but supporting people to make their own decisions balancing the risks and benefits involved. Written by Will Hall, with a 14-member health professional Advisory Board providing research assistance and 24 other collaborators involved in developing and editing. The guide has photographs and art throughout, and a beautiful original cover painting by Ashley McNamara.
Download a .pdf to read or a 'zine version to print and fold into a booklet (instructions included). Low-cost published copies with color covers are available by emailing orders AT theicarusproject DOT net, and you can also get multiple copies to distribute.
Available in spanish... Ahora disponible en castellano.
Note that the guide is Creative Commons copyright and you are free to copy and distribute for non-commercial purposes, as long as you credit the source and don't alter it.
Download a printer version, with scrambled pages ready to fold.
Download simple assembly instructions for the print version.
Download a one-page promotional flyer about the guide with ordering instructions.
Read about the making of the Guide.
Audio talk on Coming Off Medications from 2009 Hearing Voices Congress
Direct link this page:
http://theicarusproject.net/HarmReductionGuideComingOffPsychDrugs
If you are looking for more information and support on psychiatric medication options including coming off / withdrawal, please see the Icarus coming off forums, the website Beyond Meds, the UK website ComingOff.com, and this audio on "Coming Off Medications" from the 2009 Hearing Voices Congress.
