Practitioners lack guidance on how to support discontinuation of psychotropic medication.
An understanding of what constitutes discontinuation success that encompasses the …

BackgroundTo offer support for patients who decide to discontinue antipsychotic and
antidepressant medication, identifying which potentially modifiable factors correlate with …

Objective: The purpose of the survey was to better understand the experiences of people
who attempt antipsychotic discontinuation. Method: A multiple-choice and short-answer …

Few studies explore subjective experiences of attempting to discontinue antipsychotic
medication, the withdrawal methods people use, or how their efforts affect their outcomes …

Pharmacotherapy is an effective treatment modality across psychiatric disorders.
Nevertheless, many patients discontinue their medication at some point. Evidence-based …

Time to treatment discontinuation and rates of discontinuation are commonly used when
evaluating effectiveness of antipsychotic medication. However, less is known about reasons …

Background The topic of patients' discontinuing use of antidepressants has received
increasing attention. Patients and physicians can encounter challenges regarding the three …

In this issue of Psychiatric Services, Samples and Mojtabai address a key topic that is
commonly hidden from physicians: the discontinuation of antidepressants without physician …

BackgroundDespite their documented efficacy, substantial proportions of patients
discontinue antidepressant medication (ADM) without a doctor's recommendation. The …

Objective: Individuals undergoing long-term psychiatric treatment frequently choose to stop
taking psychiatric medications. To enhance service user choice and prevent undesirable …