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Comment
. 2019 Jul;6(7):560-561.
doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30183-X.

Tapering of SSRI treatment to mitigate withdrawal symptoms

Sudhakar Selvaraj  1 , Sameer Jauhar  2 , David S Baldwin  3 , Philip J Cowen  4 , Guy Goodwin  4 , Joseph F Hayes  5 , David J Nutt  6 , Mattia Veronese  7 , Allan H Young  2
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Tapering of SSRI treatment to mitigate withdrawal symptoms

Sudhakar Selvaraj et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Jul.
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