Mark Horowitz
Deprescribing Expert (MD, PhD)
Dr. Mark Horowitz is the Co-Founder of Outro Health, a digital
health company that helps people safely stop antidepressants
using neurobiology-based tapering methods. Dr. Horowitz is also
a Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry with the NHS in London,
Visiting Lecturer in Psychopharmacology at King’s College
London, and Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at University
College London. He holds a PhD from the Institute of Psychiatry,
Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London,
specializing in the neurobiology of depression and
antidepressant action. As the lead author of the Maudsley
Deprescribing Guidelines and co-author of the Royal College of
Psychiatrists’ guidance on Stopping Antidepressants, his work
has informed the national guidelines on tapering psychiatric
medications. Dr. Horowitz has published extensively in journals
like The Lancet Psychiatry and JAMA Psychiatry, combining
professional expertise with personal experience to advocate for
safe medication tapering practices.