Pioneers in Psychiatric Deprescribing
How Leading Practitioners Are Transforming Mental Health Treatment Options
April 5, 2025
For too long, psychiatric care has operated under the assumption that more meds mean better outcomes. As a therapist and mental health advocate, I’ve watched clients get buried under layers of prescriptions—antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, amphetamines, benzos, stacked like a Big Pharma Tetris game.
The side effects? Complicated to downright debilitating. The outcomes? Mixed, at best.
But there's a growing movement of clinicians, researchers, advocates, and organizations that are pushing back on ‘tried and true’ institutional ‘best practices’ and setting new benchmarks for mental health care. The pioneers of psychiatric deprescribing aren’t just questioning the status quo—they’re dismantling it with data, clinical insight, and a fierce dedication to patient autonomy and informed consent…
