Inner Compass Initiative
Helping you make informed choices about all things mental health: diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal
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Watch the talks and panels from our conference
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For our inaugural conference, we brought together current and former patients, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, journalists, academics, family members,...
Inner Compass Research Institute
Inner Compass Research Institute
The newly launched Inner Compass Research Institute is a policy-oriented think tank synthesizing and disseminating cutting-edge research that questions normative assumptions in the mental health industry.
The latest from ICI:
Laura Delano's testimony: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Laura Delano's testimony: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Free resources: supplements
Free resources: supplements
Learn about the risks that laypeople have reported when using supplements and minerals during psychiatric drug withdrawal.
New position statements (Inner Compass Research Institute)
New position statements (Inner Compass Research Institute)
The newly launched Inner Compass Research Institute is a policy-oriented think tank synthesizing and disseminating cutting-edge research that questions normative assumptions in the mental health industry.
Movement and Exercise in Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal | Inner Compass Initiative
Movement and Exercise in Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal | Inner Compass Initiative
Movement and exercise, for some, can play a crucial role during the process of healing from psychiatric drug withdrawal.
What Your Scores Mean: Limits of PHQ-9 and Mental Health Measurement | Inner Compass Initiative
What Your Scores Mean: Limits of PHQ-9 and Mental Health Measurement | Inner Compass Initiative
A recent brief report from JAMA psychiatry raises uncomfortable questions about one of the most widely used tools in mental health care: the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ). If you’ve been prescribed antidepressants through primary care, this tool has likely shaped your diagnosis, treatment decisions, and monitoring. The study was published showing that approximately half of the general population and fewer than one-fifth of clinical participants interpreted the PHQ as intended.
ICI for Family Members & Friends | Inner Compass Initiative
ICI for Family Members & Friends | Inner Compass Initiative
ICI's Family Members & Friends section provides information, resources, tips, and hope to supports of people on the psychiatric drug withdrawal journey.
Mark Horowitz on his own psych drug withdrawal
Mark Horowitz on his own psych drug withdrawal
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How I Healed Podcast - Laura Delano
How I Healed Podcast - Laura Delano
Alternative Health Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Sharing stories of healing in sovereignty outside the dominant medical paradigm. howihealed.substack.com
Study warns long-term antidepressant use poses major health risks | The Independent
Study warns long-term antidepressant use poses major health risks | The Independent
Researchers link prolonged antidepressant use to sexual dysfunction, emotional numbing, cognitive impairment, and weight gain
NYT: RFK Jr.’s Push to Curb Antidepressants Has Shaken Psychiatry
NYT: RFK Jr.’s Push to Curb Antidepressants Has Shaken Psychiatry
An annual psychiatric meeting was abuzz over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s call to rein in the use of depression medications. Some fear it will drive patients away from care.
Are doctors overdiagnosing depression? - UnHerd
Are doctors overdiagnosing depression? - UnHerd
This week, Gallup published a poll showing US depression rates for the first quarter of 2026. Over 19% of adults report that they have depression or are being treated for it, a comparable rate to the prior quarter but nearly double where the figure stood in 2015. Since 2015, when Gallup began to track this [...]Read More...
Top Psychiatrists Call for a Greater Focus on Ceasing Medication
Top Psychiatrists Call for a Greater Focus on Ceasing Medication
With Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aiming to rein in the use of psychiatric drugs, psychiatrists are preemptively addressing how and when patients should quit taking them.
Akathisia Black Box Warnings
Akathisia Black Box Warnings
Require Black Box Warnings to Explicitly Name and Describe Akathisia
New Hope for Sufferers of Depression | Psychology Today
New Hope for Sufferers of Depression | Psychology Today
A new study upends decades of received wisdom about healing.
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