A new review of research00133-0/fulltext) about antidepressant withdrawal has confirmed it does exist, but also reports that it’s less common and severe than previously found. These findings feed into a growing debate about how common and severe withdrawal effects are. But we argue the researchers probably underestimate the incidence in long-term users who are most at risk of withdrawal effects. One of the main limitations of this review is that it involved mostly short-term antidepressant users and therefore underestimates how common these symptoms are in people who take the drugs long-term. …
