Short Films About Mental Health - Fluoxetine (Prozac)

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:27:46 +0000

0:46 : Catherine Harmer, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford: How SSRIs were discovered and how they work
1:17: What they do at a Chemical level
1:40: Evidence from Imaging studies

2:43: Interview with a young person: How did you feel when fluoxetine was suggested as a treatment?
3:23: How did you make the decision to start to take fluoxetine?
3:50: What was your experience of taking fluoxetine- maybe you could tell us some good things and some not so good things

4:49: Dr Isabel Paz- Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Oxford University Hospitals. Why it is prescribed and the effects of fluoxetine
6:23: side-effects

10:39 Interview with a young person: Do you have any advice for another person who is thinking of taking fluoxetine
11:06: can you tell me a bit more about the side effects you got?

12:04: Andrea Cipriani, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford: Scientific evidence on effects of fluoxetine

15:51 Interview with a young person: How did you find being on medication?
17:00 How long did it take before you started to feel better?

Short Films About Mental Health is a series of videos made with young people who use mental health services at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. This film on Fluoxetine was made in partnership with Oxford University Dept of Psychiatry.

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