by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 29, 2026 | Medication Decisions
By Teralyn Sell, PhDPsychology · Brain Health · Psychiatric Medication Decision-Making Sexual side effects from antidepressants are a known issue, but for many patients, they come as a surprise. The impact ranges from subtle changes in desire to complete loss of...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 28, 2026 | Decision-Making, Deprescribing, deprescribing medication, deprescribing psych meds, In the News, Medication Decisions, medication tapering, medication titration, Psych Medication Tapering, psychiatric medication
Written and reviewed by Teralyn Sell, PhD Psychology | Brain Health | Psychiatric Medication Education Aaron Carter died in November 2022 at just 34 years old. Nearly four years later, the legal questions surrounding his prescription medications are still being...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 22, 2026 | Medication Decisions
A medication regimen can become more complicated for a perfectly understandable reason. A person starts a medication. It helps one problem, but a new difficulty appears. Sleep changes. Weight changes. Sexual function changes. Restlessness, nausea, fatigue, tremor, or...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 15, 2026 | Medication Decisions
One of the most useful recent developments in psychiatric medication conversations is also one of the least dramatic: a 2026 expert consensus statement on deprescribing argued that medication decisions should include clear treatment aims, ongoing reassessment, and...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 8, 2026 | deprescribing psych meds, Medication Decisions
A recent prospective study from Switzerland followed 32 primary-care patients as they reduced antidepressants. The study adds useful evidence that symptom increases can cluster around dose changes. It also makes something else plain: measuring withdrawal is difficult...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Oct 1, 2026 | Human Performance, Medication Decisions, research deep dives
A psychiatric medication review can become a very small conversation: Are you doing okay? Any side effects? Need a refill? That may be enough to keep a prescription moving. It is rarely enough to determine whether the medication still makes sense. A February 2026...
