Risk for Antidepressant-associated Switch From Depression to Hypomania, Mania, or Mixed Episode During the 8 Weeks After the Introduction of an Antidepressant or After Increasing the Dosage of Baseline Antidepressant.
Risk for Antidepressant-associated Switch From Depression to Hypomania, Mania, or Mixed Episode During the 8 Weeks After the Introduction of an Antidepressant or After Increasing the Dosage of Baseline Antidepressant.
The present study aimed at identifying clinical risk factors for switch into (hypo)mania or mixed states, within 8 weeks after introduction of an antidepressant or after increasing its dosage.
Treatment of bipolar depression with antidepressants is strongly debated for the methodologically poor and insufficient data supporting their use and the widely held belief that antidepressants can induce new episodes of abnormal mood elevation or accelerate the rate of cycling. The present study aimed at identifying clinical risk factors for switch into (hypo)mania or mixed states, within 8 weeks after introduction of an antidepressant or after increasing its dosage, in a prospective, longitudinal design.
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