Antidepressants for the Short Term: How Strong is the Evidence?

Our previous post, Antidepressants: The Evidence, offered a quick rundown of what three major depression treatment guidelines tell us and what they don’t tell us. The guidelines were issued by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatment (CANMAT), and (in the UK) the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). All three guidelines cite strong evidence in support of the efficacy of...

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