Antidepressant Withdrawal in primary care patients (AWARE)

At a glance

Project leader : Dr. Michael Pascal Hengartner
Project team : Prof. Stefan Neuner-Jehle, Prof. Oliver Senn
Project budget : CHF 211'700
Project status : ongoing
Funding partner : Foundation (Diverse Stiftungen)
Project partner : Universität Zürich / Institut für Hausarztmedizin
Contact person : Michael Pascal Hengartner

Description

Based on a 6-month prospective cohort study we want to examine how, and if, primary care patients manage to stopp antidepressant treatment. Our main objective is to study the occurrence of withdrawal reactions, which can develop when patients try to come off antidepressants. We will also examine quality of life, depressiveness, and anxiety symptoms.

Publications

Horowitz, Mark Abie; Framer, Adele; Hengartner, Michael P.; Sørensen, Anders; Taylor, David,

2022.

Estimating risk of antidepressant withdrawal from a review of published data.

CNS Drugs.

37(2), pp. 143-157.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40263-022-00960-y

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