Faculty of Brain Sciences

Professor Joanna Moncrieff (UCL Psychiatry) argues in The Conversation that a new review of antidepressant withdrawal effects risks underestimating the potential harms to long-term antidepressant users by focusing on short-term, industry-funded studies.

When people watch a live contemporary dance performance, their brainwaves sync up, signalling shared focus and attention, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

The largest review of ‘gold standard’ antidepressant withdrawal studies to date has identified the type and incidence of symptoms experienced by people discontinuing antidepressants, in a study involving UCL authors, finding that most people do not experience severe withdrawal.