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Weighing up the benefits of antidepressant drugs
Author(s) -
Titmarsh Steve
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1678
Subject(s) - medicine , antidepressant , psychiatry , major depressive disorder , meta analysis , alternative medicine , intensive care medicine , anxiety , mood , pathology
The systematic review and network meta‐analysis of the efficacy of 21 antidepressants by Andrea Cipriani and colleagues has been hailed as a major contribution to the body of evidence that supports the use of these drugs in managing major depressive disorder. This article summarises the review's findings and their implications for practice.