Background: Treatment guidelines recommend antidepressant treatment be continued for at
least 6 months to ensure maximal improvement and to prevent relapse. Naturalistic studies …

Objective: Clinical guidelines recommend that antidepressant treatment should be
continued for a minimum of 6 months following response in depression and anxiety …

Naturalistic studies show that the average length of antidepressant treatment is less than 6
months and that discontinuations are high, especially in primary care depressed patients …

Background: Long-term antidepressant use has increased exponentially, though this is not
always according to guidelines. Our previous randomized controlled trial (RCT) showed that …

Background Patients with depression who are treated in primary care practices may receive
antidepressants for prolonged periods. Data are limited on the effects of maintaining or …

OBJECTIVE: Many claims have been made for superior compliance with selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) compared with tricyclic antidepressants, but to date meta …

Objective: To examine the experiences of veterans (mostly middle-aged and elderly men)
prescribed antidepressants, specifically with regard to different types of nonadherence …

ContextAlthough current depression treatment guidelines recommend continuing
antidepressant therapy for at least 4 to 9 months, many patients discontinue treatment …

Background Antidepressant use has increased exponentially in recent decades, mostly due
to long continuation. Aim To assess the effectiveness of a tailored recommendation to …

Demyttenaere K, Haddad P. Compliance with antidepressant therapy and antidepressant
discontinuation symptoms. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2000: 101: 50–56.© Munksgaard 2000 …