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Deprescribing antidepressants: An integral and neglected component of high-quality prescribing practice

Evgeny Legedin 02/04/2025 No Comments

The Editorial by Looi and colleagues provided a one-sided view of the need to consider deprescribing antidepressants in Australia. They overlooked clear evidence that at least a third of patients

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GP Monitoring of Those on Antidepressants

Evgeny Legedin 26/06/2024 No Comments Leave a comment
By DUNCAN DOUBLE Tony Kendrick, who I have mentioned before (see eg. previous post) is the first author of a paper about antidepressant withdrawal in general practice. It found that
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Mainstream Psychiatry Continues to Minimise Significance of Antidepressant Withdrawal

Evgeny Legedin 11/06/2024 No Comments Leave a comment
By DUNCAN DOUBLE Mainstream psychiatry has minimised the significance of antidepressant withdrawal, as I first pointed out in a BMJ letter in 1997. My complaint then was that the Defeat
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