Sources and Scientific Literature
Where our information comes from.
A complete list of external links cited in our blog articles and on the Antidepressants — A Scientific Review page. Sorted by category.
Orthomolecular approach / orthomolecular psychiatry — foundational sources
- Walsh Research Institute — official website
- Walsh, W. J. — Nutrient Power (2012)
- Carl C. Pfeiffer — Mental and Elemental Nutrients (Keats, 1975)
- Pfeiffer, C. C. — Nutrition and Mental Illness (1987)
- Hoffer, A. — Discovery of the mauve factor (Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry)
- Linus Pauling — Orthomolecular Psychiatry (Science, 1968)
Official health institutions (USA)
- NIMH — Mental Health Medications
- NIMH — Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- NIMH — Bipolar Disorder
- NIH ODS — Zinc Fact Sheet for Health Professionals
- NIH / StatPearls — Copper Toxicity
- Doctor's Data — Methylation Profile (Plasma)
Clinical studies and peer-reviewed journals (PubMed / PMC / other)
- STAR*D Trial — Rush et al. (2006), Am J Psychiatry
- Maya Vetencourt et al. (2008) — Fluoxetine plasticity (Science)
- Mikirova, N. — Clinical test of pyrroles in patients with autism spectrum disorder
- Russo, A. J. — Decreased zinc and increased copper in individuals with anxiety
- Read & Williams (2018) — Adverse Effects of Antidepressants
- Goodwin et al. (2017) — Emotional blunting with antidepressant treatments, Journal of Affective Disorders
- Davies & Read (2019) — Antidepressant withdrawal systematic review
- Horowitz & Taylor (2019) — Tapering of SSRI treatment to mitigate withdrawal symptoms, Lancet Psychiatry
- Hengartner et al. (2020) — Protracted withdrawal syndrome
- Reisman (2020) — Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (BMJ)
- Price et al. (2009) — Emotional side-effects (British Journal of Psychiatry)
- Montejo et al. (2001) — Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
- Wilson & Argyropoulos (2005) — Antidepressants and sleep (Drugs)
- Gafoor et al. (2018) — Antidepressant utilisation and incidence of weight gain during 10 years of follow up (BMJ)
- Alex & Pehek (2007) — Serotonergic regulation of dopamine (Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
- Chamberlain et al. (2006) — Neurochemical modulation of response inhibition (Science)
- Clarke et al. (2005) — Prefrontal serotonin depletion affects reversal learning (Journal of Neuroscience)
- Harmer et al. (2006) — Antidepressant drug treatment modifies neural processing (Biological Psychiatry)
- Karpova et al. (2011) — Fear erasure in mice requires synergy between antidepressant drugs and extinction training (Science)
- Burt et al. (2000) — Neuropsychiatric applications of serotonin receptor agonists and antagonists
- Fisher & Thomson (2007) — Lust, Romance, Attachment
- Hersey et al. (2021) — Serotonin transporter inhibition and alcohol effects on dopamine (ACS Chemical Neuroscience)
- Guirado et al. (2014) — Chronic Fluoxetine Treatment Alters the Structure, Connectivity and Plasticity of Cortical Interneurons (Int. J. Neuropsychopharmacology)
- Steinzeig et al. (2019) — European Journal of Neuroscience