On antidepressants for a while or for life?
These treatments often stay with patients for months or even years. But sooner or later the question arises: when to stop them?
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Suddenly stopping treatment can increase the risk of relapse.
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“For mild depression, the recommendations are rather in the direction of regular medical monitoring – very often provided by the general practitioner – and psychotherapy”, specifies Dr. Vasiliki Galani, head of clinic at the Liaison Psychiatry Service and crisis intervention of the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG).
