Antidepressant discontinuation manic states: A critical review of the literature and suggested diagnostic criteria

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-313

  Narayan, Vinesh ^a   Haddad, Peter M ^a,b  

^a Cromwell House Community Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antidepressant; discontinuation; hypomania; mania; SSRI; withdrawal

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUPHENAZINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; ISOCARBOXAZID; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; THIORIDAZINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MEDLINE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VALIDITY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952175131     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109359094     Document Type: Article

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