It's safe to slowly taper some people off antidepressants after their depression fades, rather than continuing the drugs ...

"Our findings suggest that while antidepressants are effective in preventing depressive relapses, they do not need to be a long-term treatment for everyone," co-author Debora Zaccoletti, PsyD, also of ...

The best strategy for stopping antidepressants is for patients to slowly taper off their medication while also receiving psychological support, researchers have concluded.1 The Italian research team’s ...

Slowly tapering antidepressants with psychological support prevents depression relapse to a similar extent as continuing the medication, a new analysis shows.

Gradually discontinuing antidepressants with the support of psychological therapy may be as effective as remaining on medication for preventing depression relapse, according to th ...

A new review of studies on antidepressant discontinuation suggests that withdrawal is rarely severe — but experts say the picture is more complex. A new review of existing studies suggests that most ...

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“Today, the existence of symptoms emerging after antidepressant discontinuation or dose-reduction is no longer questioned,” write Jonathan Henssler and colleagues at Cologne, Berlin, Freiburg, and ...

The risk for a diagnosis of epilepsy is more than two times greater for those with depression, although incidence is low, ...