Yonder: Psychotropic medication discontinuation, post-migration stressors, suicide prevention, and role modelling

[摘要] Psychotropic medicationshave been a central pillar of mental healthtreatment for several decades, althoughlittle is known about the complex reasonswhy people often choose to stop taking them.A recent Irish systematic review sought toshed light on this, synthesising findings from14 studies that were conducted between2004 and 2019 in a variety of countries (UK,Norway, Sweden, Israel, Iran, Ethiopia,Australia, Canada, and the US).1 They foundthat, rather than a perceived lack of insightdue to ‘mental illness’, stopping medicationis typically a decision influenced and drivenby a variety of personal, health, social,and environmental factors. Some of thesefactors are common to most individuals,such as a desire to live free from adverseside effects, while others are specific toan individual’s personal life goals, such asregaining a sense of self and independence.

[学科分类] 卫生学