Are antidepressants a double-edged sword? Treatment emergent affective switch or antidepressant discontinuation syndrome

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 405-406

  Agalawatta, Neelya ^a   Kaufmann, Cornelia ^a   Byrow, Yulisha ^b   Burston, Nicole ^a,c   Lyndon, William ^a,d   Malhi, Gin S ^a,b,d  

^a Northside Clinic   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Northside Cremorne Clinic   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIDEPRESSANT DISCONTINUATION SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; RETREATMENT; SYMPTOM; THOUGHT DISORDER; TREATMENT EMERGENT AFFECTIVE SWITCH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS;

EID: 85018352249     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867416679736     Document Type: Letter

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