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By Snow-Leavis Posted on Oct 26, 2019October 26, 2019

‘Withdrawal advice added to depression guide’

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Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, British Medical Journal, History of medicine, Medical Education, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Psychiatry, suicide, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: 2019;367:l6103, antidepressant, antidepressants, APPG Prescribed Medication Review, CEP, chemical imbalance, Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry, Dr Peter J Gordon, Gareth Lacobucci, Guidance, Hole Ousia, James Davies, NICE, PE1651, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Prescribed harm, protracted, severe, SSRI, SSRIs, The BMJ, Withdrawal advice added to depression guide

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