Clinical guidelines
Stopping antidepressants: At lower, go slower: Slowly decreasing drug dose can help to minimise withdrawal symptoms to enable people to successfully stop antidepressants
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Royal College of Psychiatrists 2020
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default The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugsHorowitz M and Taylor DM. 2024
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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. NICE Quality standard QS8. Stopping antidepressants. 2023.
Antidepressant therapy: non-drug interventions are recommended as first line, and only 6-12 months therapy for a single episode of major depression
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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. NICE guideline NG222. 2022.
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Therapeutic Guidelines Limited. 2023.
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pdf Clinical practice guidelines for the appropriate use of psychotropic medications in people living with dementia and in residential aged care: Summary of recommendations and good practice statementsBell S, et al. Parkville: Monash University; 2022.
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Royal College of Psychiatrists. PS04/19 2019.
Supporting evidence
Videos, podcasts and testimonials
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default Rethinking Mental Health: What The Science Actually Says About Depression, The Side Effects of Antidepressants & Finding Balance with Professor Joanna Moncrieff
Podcast (1:57:53)
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(51:10)
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YouTube (8:25)
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YouTube (5:15)
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The Guardian Australia (22:36)
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YouTube (54:08)
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YouTube (30:02)
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ABC Health Report (09:00)
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ABC Life Matters (20:00)
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Prof Katharine Wallis and Dr Mark Horowitz, YouTube (1:32:41)
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BJGP Open, Prof Katharine Wallis, YouTube (0:57)
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BJGP Life podcast (14:28)
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Prof Katharine Wallis
Mental health supports
RELEASE team publications
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default The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugsHorowitz M, Taylor DM. WILEY Blackwell; 2023
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AJGP, 2021
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default How to take the news that depression has not been shown to be caused by a chemical imbalanceJoanna Moncrieff, 2022
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Moncrieff J, Cooper RE, Stockmann T, et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2022.
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BJGP Life, 2023
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Horowitz MA, Taylor D. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019;6(6):538-46.
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Dr Mark Horowitz, The Conversation, 2023
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default Lessons from the Netherlands for Australia: cross-country comparison of trends in antidepressant dispensing 2013–2021 and contextual factors influencing prescribingAustralian Journal of Primary Health, 2023
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default Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously - we're investigating ways to help people come off the pillsHorowitz M, Moncrieff J, Wallis KA. The Conversation. 2023 March 16.
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default RELEASE (REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE): protocol for a 3-arm pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial effectiveness-implementation hybrid type-1 in general practice. Trials. 2023;24(1):615Wallis KA, Donald M, Horowitz M, et al.
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default Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: a qualitative think-aloud study with patients in Australian primary careBJGP, 2023
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default Many people get withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop antidepressants. So how can you safely stop?Prof Katharine Wallis, The Conversation, 2024
