Martin Plöderl

ploederl.bsky.social

30 September 2026 12:12

My new blog featured by @mad-in-america.bsky.social about what we can (need) to learn from fluoxetine trials for pediatric depression in order to judge other antidepressants commonly used for children and adolescents. A more elaborated version is on my website: ploederlm.github.io/blogs/fluoxe...

Alfred Freeborn

alfredfreeborn.bsky.social

22 May 2026 06:24

I met Eric at the Globalizing Schizophrenia conference I hosted in Berlin a while back - youtu.be/bOqIf0x6Rss?... - he's a lovely man and a fascinating speaker, look forward to listening to his podcast with Mad in America

Martin Plöderl

ploederl.bsky.social

17 May 2026 15:30

4. This is another example of motivated reasoning which can then be used by MAHA as example that mainstream psychiatry (or suicide prevention) is biased. Not good.

Martin Plöderl

ploederl.bsky.social

17 May 2026 15:30

3. The problem is that there is clearly no robust evidence that antidepressants reduce suicidal thoughts and behavior. Rather, there is evidence that antidepressants increase suicide risk www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/antidepres...

Martin Plöderl

ploederl.bsky.social

17 May 2026 15:30

2. The problematic claim: "A robust body of scientific evidence demonstrates that antidepressants are effective in treating acute depressive episodes, preventing future episodes, and reducing suicidal thoughts and behavior" They also "urge policymakers, clinicians...to ...address misinformation"