How common and severe are six withdrawal effects from, and addiction to, antidepressants? The experiences of a large international sample of patients

J Read - Addictive Behaviors, 2020 - Elsevier
… fully inform patients about the possibility of withdrawal effects”. … ‘War on antidepressants’,
claimed that the review had exaggerated the extent, severity and duration of withdrawal effects, …

How many of 1829 antidepressant users report withdrawal effects or addiction?

J Read, C Cartwright, K Gibson - International journal of mental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
addictive, such as the Nordic Cochrane Group point to the presence of frequent, and often
severe withdrawal effects … taking ADs for 6 months, 30% reported that ADs are ‘addictive’, with …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review into the incidence, severity and duration of antidepressant withdrawal effects: Are guidelines evidence-based?

J Davies, J Read - Addictive behaviors, 2019 - Elsevier
… users found that for the 512 who experienced withdrawal the symptoms ‘generally lasted for
up to 6 weeks’ and that ‘A quarter of our group reported anxiety lasting more than 12 weeks’ …

Adverse effects of antidepressants reported by a large international cohort: emotional blunting, suicidality, and withdrawal effects

J Read, J Williams - Current drug safety, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
severity of side effects. The number of medication types was also related to each of the six
specific types of adverse effect… High rates of addiction and withdrawal effects among AD users, …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating risk of antidepressant withdrawal from a review of published data

MA Horowitz, A Framer, MP Hengartner, A Sørensen… - CNS drugs, 2023 - Springer
… Physical dependence to antidepressants may occur in some … the determinants of
antidepressant withdrawal symptoms from … nocebo withdrawal effects has been explored in six

[图书][B] The Antidepressant Solution: A Step-by-step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, and" addiction"

J Glenmullen - 2005 - books.google.com
… on antidepressant withdrawal reactions and antidepressant-… attention to these serious
antidepressant side effects, no one could … severe withdrawal reactions may take four to six months. …

Do antidepressants cause dependence?

PM Haddad - Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2005 - cambridge.org
… reviews antidepressant discontinuation, or withdrawal symptoms, … 6. Many patients who
suddenly stop or interrupt their … the severity and duration of antidepressant discontinuation …

What I have learnt from helping thousands of people taper off antidepressants and other psychotropic medications

A Framer - Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… studies confirm antidepressant withdrawal syndrome incidence … of 6 months to years, 35
much as described in addiction … protocols for withdrawal symptoms – a serious confound. Every …

[HTML][HTML] Designing withdrawal support services for antidepressant users: patients' views on existing services and what they really need

J Read, J Moncrieff, MA Horowitz - Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
… stopping antidepressants would not cause withdrawal symptomswithdrawal of prescribed
drugs of dependence, including … knowledge of withdrawal was sufficient and only 1 in 6 feeling …

A survey of UK general practitioners about depression, antidepressants and withdrawal: implementing the 2019 Public Health England report

J Read, J Renton, C Harrop… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… report called Dependence and withdrawal associated with … inform patients about the
possibility of withdrawal effects.’ … to successfully come off ADs (Table 6), indicating that, for many…