About Us

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The PSSD Institute exists to improve the lives of individuals affected by Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) through education, advocacy, and research. We are committed to ensuring that the long-term sexual and neurological adverse effects of antidepressants are properly recognised, studied, and addressed by the global health community.

Our Mission

  • Advance public, clinical, and scientific understanding of PSSD by promoting rigorous, transparent research and ensuring that healthcare professionals, patients, and policymakers have access to accurate, evidence-based information.

  • Advocate for recognition, accountability, and reform in how psychiatric medications are prescribed, labelled, and monitored, with a focus on safeguarding informed consent and preventing avoidable harm.

  • Collaborate globally to ensure PSSD is acknowledged as a serious medical condition by health authorities, integrated into clinical guidelines, and prioritised in funding, research, and public discourse.

Our Core Values

Evidence-Based: Our priority is to always adhere to rigorous scientific standards. Everything we do is based on evidence, and we promote high-quality research to better understand PSSD.

Patient-Centered: We place the voice of patients at the core of everything we do. We amplify patient voices, value lived experience, and ensure research priorities serve the needs of this community.

Collaborative: We believe that meaningful progress can only be achieved through constructive and collaborative engagement with researchers, healthcare professionals, and patient organizations worldwide.

Non-Partisan: Our work has no association or affiliation with any political, commercial or ideological agendas. We maintain independence from pharmaceutical interests and political influences.

Transparent: We are committed to full transparency in how we work, our funding sources, and how decisions are made.

Legal information

PSSD Institute is the trading name of PSSD Initiative C.I.C., a Community Interest Company registered in England and Wales.

Company number: 16659708

Registered office: 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK

We use the name PSSD Institute to make our work and mission clearer to the public, but all activities, finances, and governance are carried out by the legal entity PSSD Initiative C.I.C.