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Slowly tapering antidepressants with psychological support prevents depression relapse to a similar extent as continuing the medication, a new analysis shows.

Researchers from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) report that most genetic influences on mental illness are shared across diagnostic categories, revealing a more interconnected biological ...

Clinical guidelines are vague, so we asked psychiatrists what to consider when deciding whether to continue taking these medications.

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The team found that continuing antidepressants coupled with psychological support reduced the risk of relapse by 60 per cent.