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Nearly half of long-term antidepressant users can stop using the medication with support from their doctor and access to internet or telephone helplines alone, according to a study. Scientists found that more than 40% of people involved in the research who were well and not at risk of relapse managed to come off the drugs with advice from their doctors. The study, published in JAMA Network Open and led by the universities of Southampton, Liverpool and Hull York Medical School, also discovered patients who could access online support and psychologists by phone had lower rates of depression, few…

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