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Mark Abie Horowitz
Mark Abie Horowitz is an Australian and British psychiatry researcher and deprescribing expert. He is the lead author of the ''Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines'', and currently works as a Clinical Research Fellow in psychiatry at North East London NHS Foundation Trust, running a deprescribing clinic. He holds a PhD in the Neuroscience, neurobiology of Depression (mood), depression and the pharmacology of Antidepressant, antidepressants from King's College London. Horowitz has stated that his career ambitions were influenced by his own experience with having severe Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome, withdrawal symptoms when trying to stop his own antidepressants after 15 years of being on them. When trying to wean himself down according to the clinical guidelines at the time, he was blindsided by symptoms so severe they up-ended his life, forcing him to return to his original dose. He and his colleague David Taylor (professor), David Taylor have called for more research to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australians
Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, are the citizenship, citizens, nationality, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or ethno-cultural. For most Australians, these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Australian. Australian law does not provide for any racial or ethnic component of nationality, instead relying on Australian nationality law, citizenship as a legal status, though the Constitutional framers considered the Commonwealth to be "a home for Australians and the British race alone", as well as a "Christian Commonwealth". Since the postwar period, Australia has pursued an official policy of multiculturalism and has the List of sovereign states and dependent territories by immigrant population, world's eighth-largest immigrant population, Immigration to Australia, with immigrants accounting for 30 percent of the population in 2019. Between European colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Taylor (professor)
David Taylor FFRPS FRPharmS (born 1963) is a British professor. He is the head of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Clinical Academic Group within King's Health Partners. Taylor has been lead author and editor of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry since 1994. In 2014, Taylor was named as one of the top 100 clinical leaders in the UK National Health Service. Early life and education Taylor was born in Leicester in 1963 and attended Loughborough Grammar School (1975-1982). He is the second of four brothers. His younger brother is the presenter and historian, Stephen Taylor. His father, James Taylor CChem MRSC, contributed to the development of sodium cromoglycate. Taylor was guitarist in New Wave group The Thought Police, who supported Theatre of Hate on their 1981 UK tour. A keen rugby player, Taylor played three seasons for Loughborough Grammar School first team and was later captain oOld Pauline FC1st XV, for whom he made over 300 appearances, many alongside f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monitor On Psychology
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychologists in the United States, and the largest psychological association in the world. It has over 170,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It has 54 divisions, which function as interest groups for different subspecialties of psychology or topical areas. The APA has an annual budget of nearly $135 million. Profile The APA has task forces that issue policy statements on various matters of social importance, including abortion, human rights, the welfare of detainees, human trafficking, the rights of the mentally ill, IQ testing, sexual orientation change efforts, and gender equality. Governance APA is a corporation chartered in Washington, D.C. APA's bylaws describe structural components that serve as a system of checks and balances to ensure democratic process. The organizational entities include: * APA President. The APA president is elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
