Gradual Dose Reduction Is the Best Strategy to Stop Antidepressant Use

Gradually reducing the dose of antidepressants, together with psychological support, can be as effective in preventing depression relapse as continuing medication treatment. Researchers reached this conclusion after analyzing the results of 79 randomized clinical trials. The study was published in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry. As the authors emphasized, this does not mean that antidepressants…