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1. Bruno’s mother

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Patient Stories
  • Post published: 23 April 2019
  • Post last modified: 30 September 2026

View or download Bruno’s mother PDF Introduction Bruno’s account of his mother’s illness, below, illustrates a risk I have often mentioned, which is the problem of accepting only partial improvement,…

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MAOIs – anti-hypertensive effect, history

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants/MAOIs
  • Post published: 15 August 2022
  • Post last modified: 7 February 2026

These commentaries are based on Dr Gillman’s peer reviewed scientific papers, see Publications, and include a downloadable PDF.IntroductionThis brief commentary summarises the published research concerning MAOIs, platelet MAO inhibition, and…

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MAOIs for psychotic depression — the nature of evidence

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants/MAOIs
  • Post published: 25 July 2020
  • Post last modified: 2 October 2026

RCTs are largely sales gimmicks, beguilingly tricked up as a verisimilitude of science~ Ken Gillman 2020After my creation of the above quotation, I learnt that Milton (in ‘Comus, a mask’,…

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