Clinical guidelines on antidepressant withdrawal urgently need updating

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK.
² School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK.
³ School of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
⁶ Psychiatry Department, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands.
⁸ Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁹ Institute for Scientific Freedom, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
¹¹ Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
¹² School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
¹³ Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁴ School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
¹⁵ All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence, Houses of Parliament, London, UK.

James Davies et al. BMJ. 2019.

. 2019 May 20:365:l2238.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.l2238.

¹ Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK.
² School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK.
³ School of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
⁶ Psychiatry Department, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands.
⁸ Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁹ Institute for Scientific Freedom, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
¹¹ Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
¹² School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
¹³ Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁴ School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
¹⁵ All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence, Houses of Parliament, London, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.