Would you like to take part in a video about the safe use of antidepressants?
9 April 2025
The Health Care Consumers Association (HCCA) is co-creating an educational video to support older adults in making informed decisions about the safe use of antidepressants.
We are looking to recruit people who would be willing to share some of their personal experiences as consumers or carers. Discussion areas and questions asked in the video could include:
- what was prescribed when it was prescribed?
- what kind of effect did the medicine have, did it help?
- if side-effects were experienced, what were they, how did they impact?
- how easy/difficult was it to stop taking the medicine?
We’d love to hear from anyone who is based in Sydney, who meets the following criteria:
- a consumer aged 65yrs+ of age, current or previous lived experience of taking antidepressants for 6 months or more, or
- a carer aged 18yrs+ any age, who has cared for a consumer aged 65yrs+, with current or previous lived experience of taking antidepressants for 6 months or more.
Filming details:
- Filming will take place in Sydney in mid to late May 2025
- It will involve 2–3 hours of your time on one day
- Participants will receive a gift voucher as a thank you
This video is being developed by the Quality Use of Medicines Alliance and is funded by the Australian Government under the Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology Program.
If you are interested in taking part, please contact Nadia Owuor at nadiaowuor@hcca.org.au.