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INAPPROPRIATE LONG TERM ANTIDEPRESSANT PRESCRIPTION IN GENERAL PRACTICE; cost effectiveness of discontinuation of antidepressant prescribing and patient tailored treatment advice.

Completed
Conditions
fear
lowered mood
10027946
Registration Number
NL-OMON32548
Lead Sponsor
ZonMw
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
480
Inclusion Criteria

9 or more months of using antidepressants

Exclusion Criteria

a) current treatment in a psychiatric setting;
b) history of psychosis, bipolar disorder, or obsessive compulsive disorder;
c) addiction;
d) recurrent depression with 3 or more episodes;
e) recurrent disorders with at least two relapses after antidepressant-discontinuation.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Trial 1: proportion of participants who successfully discontinue their<br /><br>long-term antidepressants drug use, defined as having no antidepressant drug<br /><br>use within the last 6 months of the follow-up and the absence of a mood- or<br /><br>anxiety disorder during one-year follow-up. Trial 2: proportion of participants<br /><br>in which the mood or anxiety disorders present at baseline, has remitted at<br /><br>one-year follow-up. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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