These films are from our 2008 conference
'ADVERSE PSYCHIATRIC SIDE EFFECTS OF MEDICINES, What's our responsibility?' All Speakers' talks and personal experiences of some of the delegates

Broadcast about depression and medicines issues in 2004

Conference talks are numbered in order, personal stories from delegates are not.

If you have an older computer you may need to view via a smaller size screen which can be accessed from the menu on our web site april.org.uk - allow the film to fully stream on to your computer before clicking the start button. The personal stories are only here on Vimeo. Only the conference talks are on the APRIL web site and links to other relevant films.

TIPS FOR VIEWING on Vimeo IN ORDER TALKS WERE GIVEN:

1. Click on 'See all 20 videos' over on right of screen

2. Small box at top of next screen will give option to view in alphabetical order. click this and the numbers of talks will be in order as at the conference (personal accounts of ADR experiences are not numbered)

SESSION 1.
001. Professor MUNIR PIRMOHAMED
NHS Chair of Pharmacogenetics
Liverpool Uni. & Wolfson Institute for Personalised Medicine.
Talk title:
'The pressing need for pharmacogenetics'
(he pointed out this is Millie's suggested title and not his!)
002. ANITA HOLDCROFT
Emeritus Professor Anaesthesiology, Imperial College
Talk title:
'Anaesthetic Adverse Effects, can they be prevented?'
003. NIGEL MEADOWS HM Coroner Manchester City
Talk title:
' The Donald Rumsfeld syndrome'
followed by Q & A
Session 1 chaired by Dr Hugh Middleton psychiatrist Notts Uni.

SESSION 2.
004. HEATHER ASHTON,
Professor of Psychopharmacology Newcastle Uni.
Talk title:
'Prescribing influences in mental health'
005. CHARLES MEDAWAR researcher/patient advocate
Talk title:
'Pharmageddon and beyond'
006. DR BEN GOLDACRE GP/journalist/author of 'Bad Science'
Talk title:
'How Clinical Trials are rigged'
followed by Q & A
Session chaired by Peter Walsh CEO Assn. for Medical Accidents

SESSION 3
007. CLARE MILFORD-HAVEN
Talk title
'The suicide of my son James'
008. MILLIE KIEVE founder of APRIL charity
Talk title:
'Patient's experiences -a force for change'
009. DAVID HEALY Professor of psychological medicine Uni. of Wales, author books SSRI suicide risk
Talk title:
' When treatments go wrong'
Followed by Q & A
Session 3 Chaired by Dr Joanna Moncrieff psychiatrist/author 'The Myth of the Chemical Cure' member of Critical Psychiatry group

SESSION 4
010. PROFESSOR SIMON MAXWELL
clinical pharmacologist (Edinburgh uni)
'Educating a new generation for safe prescribing'
followed by Q & A
Chaired by Dr John Halliday clinical pharmacologist lecturer King's College London

SESSION 5
011. PANEL DISCUSSION with all speakers and questions from delegates and summing up by
DR ANDREW HERXHEIMER Emeritus Professor Cochran Collaboration clinical pharmacologist former editor Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin
Chaired by Dr Joanna Moncrieff

We hope by making the talks available free to everyone, there may even be lives saved but at the least more awareness about the harms from medicines. Health professionals hear a lot about the benefits and we hope by students of medicine being directed to the films, they will be more able to discern between marketing information and reality of the extent of ADRs in the community.

We are delighted that Simon Maxwell has directed medical students in Edinburgh to the films as an education resource, his research having detected unease in the student population of their lack of knowledge to be competent at prescribing, let alone recognising ADRs. Edinburgh Universities e learning pharmacology course is in need of funding and much needed.

Please ask your local university or medical school to use the films as an educational resource.

Good doctors listen to patient's experiences, some of those good health professionals are on our videos.

The personal stories, kindly told to us by delegates at our conference may surprise some people.

You may find out why your patients or family members seem unwell. Watch all the videos for they are full of information vital to the health and wellbeing of us all.

Adverse Psychiatric Reactions Information Link (APRIL charity), creates awareness and collates information about adverse psychiatric side effects of everyday medicines and anaesthetics. For more information see our web site april.org.uk

We hope that by making the conference talks freely available and sharing the painful experiences and some stories of hope, told to us, that we can save suffering - Awareness Saves Lives !

Iatrogenic (treatment induced) illness is a Public Health
Crisis. Admissions to UK hospitals following Adverse reactions rose by 78% over the past 10 years.

Until Medical Education is improved and includes Pharmacology and recognition of adverse side effects for all students, unfortunately the harms caused by medicines an anaesthetics will continue.

Medicines for indigestion, acne, pain, infections, cholesterol, malaria depression, ADHD and other psychiatric conditions as well as anaesthetics may cause serious mental changes as well as physical problems: plus adverse reactions, or withdrawal symptoms caused by antidepressants, some pain killers, tranquilisers and other psychotropic drugs.

APRIL charity is grateful to the Big Lottery 'Awards for All' fund for supporting our conference.

Many thanks to relatives and friends who volunteered and helped make the day a success and the speakers who came because they care. Only some expences were offered. By keeping costs down, people with low income due to iatrogenic illness, were able to attend.