May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: An Interview with Brooke Siem
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🗓️ 25 October 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Like to know more about MIA, its mission or rethinking psychiatry more broadly? On our podcast, MIA founder Robert Whitaker will answer your questions. Email questions to [email protected] by November 10 and we will pick a selection.
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Brooke Siem is a writer, speaker, and advocate for the safe de-prescribing of psychiatric drugs. Her work on antidepressant withdrawal has appeared in The Washington Post, the New York Post, Psychology Today, and many more. She is also an award-winning chef and Food Network Chopped Champion.
In this interview, we talk about her experiences of withdrawal from a cocktail of psychiatric drugs and her debut memoir, May Cause Side Effects, published in 2022 which is one of the first books on antidepressant withdrawal to make it to the mass market.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Madden America podcast, your source for science, psychiatry and social justice. |
| 0:12.1 | Our podcasts are made possible in part by a grant from the Thomas Job Fund. |
| 0:20.1 | Hello, this is James and welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:23.6 | And before we hear from our guest today, I just wanted to say that in December, |
| 0:27.7 | Madden America founder Robert Whitaker will be on the podcast answering your questions. |
| 0:32.6 | So if you've ever wondered about Madden America and its mission, |
| 0:35.7 | or rethinking psychiatry more broadly, |
| 0:38.5 | now's your chance. Please email questions to AskMIA at Maddenamerica.com. That's ASKMIA at |
| 0:46.5 | maddenamerica.com by November 10th and we will pick a selection. Also do let us know if you're |
| 0:52.8 | happy to be named or would prefer to remain |
| 0:55.1 | anonymous. And now onto the podcast. Our guest today is Brooke Seam. Brooke is a writer, |
| 1:01.7 | speaker and advocate for the safety prescribing of psychiatric drugs. Her work on antidepressant |
| 1:07.9 | withdrawal has appeared in the Washington Post, The New York Post, |
| 1:11.4 | Psychology Today and many more. She is also an award-winning chef and food network chopped champion. |
| 1:18.3 | In this interview, we talk about her experiences of withdrawal from a cocktail of psychiatric drugs |
| 1:23.4 | and her debut memoir, Maycor's Side Effects, published in 2022, which is one of the first books on antidepressant withdrawal to make it to the mass market. |
| 1:33.6 | Brooke, welcome. Thank you so much for joining me today for the Madden America podcast. I'm absolutely thrilled to get the chance to talk to you. |
| 1:41.8 | Thank you for having you. |
| 1:43.3 | Yeah, so we're here to talk about |
| 1:45.2 | some of your experiences of the mental health system and polypharmacy and experiences, which are |
| 1:51.3 | beautifully captured in your book, Maycor's Side Effects, which was published by Central |
| 1:56.5 | Recovery Press in 2022. And, you know, there's so much in the book that I, you know, I'm sure we'll |
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