[NEW] Important Announcement & Update
Charity, video, papers, WHO submission
The CYPs* assisting PsychoTropical have been working hard in the last six months to achieve certain key objectives, the main of these being the publication of key papers about MAOIs [see here] in the scientific literature, these being the essential step to the next phase, which is the submission to the World Health Organisation to have these drugs put on the essential medicines list.
*CYPs ‘clever young people’
The first ever guideline for the use of MAOIs
We have just succeeded in publishing the first ever guideline for the use of MAOIs in serious and treatment resistant depression, and this has been co-authored and endorsed by more than 40 other international experts from Europe and North America. This is a huge achievement, possibly the most significant publication about MAOIs in the last 50 years.
In order to achieve these objectives we need to raise many thousands of dollars to undertake the work necessary to ensure success with the WHO application and associated tasks. An important part of this announcement is to seek donations to the formally registered charity set up for this purpose. Details on how to do so can be found below.
The short video Dr Gillman has recorded about this is here
The papers supporting this project that have already been published in the peer reviewed scientific literature are here
WHO submission
This is already underway, and Vince is being remunerated for his work on this project. More funding is needed to enable him to continue this work as an external research consultant so that we can meet the deadlines the WHO have set for report submissions (16 December 2022) and for the Expert Committee meeting (24-28 April 2023).
Charity details
As our objectives expanded into the above, we have set up a dedicated charitable trust in parallel with PsychoTropical with a charity bank account (HSBC) through which to receive donations. The donation process is facilitated through our charity PayPal account for its ease of use and country agnosticism. You can find our donation page here. If you wish to kindly make a large donation and would prefer to do so through a direct bank transfer, please reach out to Lila at lila@psychotropical.com, who can provide you with the relevant instructions and bank details.
