Objective: The goal of this study was to examine the extent and correlates of self-
discontinuation of antidepressant medications without physician advice. Methods: Among …

Defining Remission in Patients Treated With Antidepressants Page 1 3 J Clin Psychiatry
1999;60 (suppl 22) Introduction © Copyright 2000 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. One …

OBJECT: We sought to explore factors associated with persistence of antidepressant
treatment in Taiwan and to compare persistence rates across various antidepressants …

Objectives: Timing issues of antidepressant drug response are of major clinical relevance,
given our current inability to predict when a particular patient will respond to a particular …

OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this article is to review the literature regarding the
speed of response to antidepressant drugs and potential strategies to accelerate the …

Background While case reports and clinical trials reported withdrawal syndrome after
reduction and/or discontinuation of antidepressant drugs, no large study has been …

Abstract Background and Objective: Methods and justifications for discontinuing
psychotropic drugs in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and RCTs' acknowledgement of …

BACKGROUND All major classes of antidepressants can cause a withdrawal syndrome
when removed. 1 Withdrawal is common, experienced by 56% of those stopping a selective …

There is still considerable controversy about the onset and time course of improvement with
antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder. Previous studies suggested a …

Reports in this issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Drs. Cohen and Recalt
document the occurrence of treatment discontinuation in therapeutic trials involving most …