Big Questions in Psychiatry: Can medications ever help psychiatric disorders?

In our Big Questions in Psychiatry podcast series, we explore the complex and messy questions shaping psychiatry.

In this video-based podcast, we look at the role of medications in psychiatric disorders, the stigma associated with psychotropic medication and whether or not they truly are more problematic than medications used for physical illnesses.

Watch Prof Subodh Dave interview the lead author of ‘The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines’, Prof David Taylor, to uncover whether or not medications can work ever work in psychiatric disorders.

Learning objectives

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to:

• identify potential obstacles that may be arise, when determining and measuring endpoints of psychotropic medication
• recognise the role that social determinants can have on mental health outcomes, and how prescribing may be affected by this
• recognise the role of co-production in prescribing, and the importance of involving patients in decisions around treatment options.

Availability

This podcast is available as part of a CPD eLearning subscription.