What PsychiatryRx is
PsychiatryRx is an independent reference publication about psychiatric medications. It explains how these medications work, what to expect from them, how they compare, and the questions worth asking, in plain language a person can follow on a hard day.
It is not a clinic, a pharmacy, or a product. Nothing on the site is for sale to a reader looking up a medication. It is a place to understand a medication, not a place to obtain one. The site carries no advertising, and it is supported by its publisher, shrinkMD Publishing, LLC.
Why it exists
Search for a psychiatric medication and the results tend to fall into two camps. On one side are clinical drug databases, accurate but written for prescribers and pharmacists. On the other are forums and wellness content, easy to read but unreliable and often alarming. There is very little in the middle: accurate, calm, plainly written, and reviewed by a psychiatrist.
That middle ground is what PsychiatryRx is for. People reach for it at specific moments. They have just been handed a prescription and aren't sure about it. They are a few weeks into treatment and wondering whether what they feel is normal. They are weighing two medications, or thinking about stopping one. Or they are a partner, a parent, or a friend trying to understand a medication well enough to help. The site is built for all of them.
What you'll find here
PsychiatryRx is organized around the questions people actually have. There are in-depth guides to individual medications, side-by-side comparisons of the options people weigh against each other, plain-language explainers of whole drug classes, and longer guides on the questions that cut across every medication, such as starting one, coming off one safely, and managing side effects. A glossary defines the clinical terms, and a printable appointment sheet helps you organize what to ask your prescriber.
Who stands behind it
Every guide on PsychiatryRx is medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, a board-certified psychiatrist with more than fifteen years of experience. He reviews each page for clinical accuracy before it is published, and he is also the medical editor of the related publications AnxietyResource.org, DepressionResource.org, and AnxietyResearch.org. You can read his full background, credentials, and books on the medical editor page.
PsychiatryRx is published by shrinkMD Publishing, LLC, and is editorially independent of any clinical practice. Dr. Refai is also the founder of shrinkMD, a telepsychiatry practice; that affiliation is disclosed in full on our disclosure page. How the content is written and checked is described on our editorial process page.