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Side-effects of Antidepressants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

John Cookson
John Cookson*
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The Royal London Hospital, London
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The adverse effects of antidepressants include their pharmacological side-effects, toxic effects, interactions with other drugs, and symptoms occurring during their withdrawal. The focus of this paper is on the pharmacological side-effects.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue S20: The Economic Evaluation of Antidepressant Drug Therapy , July 1993 , pp. 20 - 24
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Copyright © 1993 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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