@article{ref1,
title="Yonder: Psychotropic medication discontinuation, post-migration stressors, suicide prevention, and role modelling",
journal="British journal of general practice",
year="2022",
author="Rashid, Ahmed",
volume="72",
number="725",
pages="e582-e582",
abstract="Psychotropic medications have been a central pillar of mental health treatment for several decades, although little is known about the complex reasons why people often choose to stop taking them. A recent Irish systematic review sought to shed light on this, synthesising findings from 14 studies that were conducted between 2004 and 2019 in a variety of countries (UK, Norway, Sweden, Israel, Iran, Ethiopia, Australia, Canada, and the US).1 They found that, rather than a perceived lack of insight due to 'mental illness', stopping medication is typically a decision influenced and driven by a variety of personal, health, social, and environmental factors. Some of these factors are common to most individuals, such as a desire to live free from adverse side effects, while others are specific to an individual's personal life goals, such as regaining a sense of self and independence...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0960-1643",
doi="10.3399/bjgp22X721361",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp22X721361"
}