Medicine's Awais Aftab discusses antidepressant withdrawal

What do we know about SSRI antidepressant withdrawal?

NPR "Science Friday": Awais Aftab, clinical associate professor of psychiatry, shared his views on the ongoing debate among physicians and patients about the severity and significance of SSRI withdrawal symptoms. "My view is that I think we have to openly acknowledge that this is an area in which there’s a lot of disagreement in the field, and there are a lot of unknowns. And the reason there is disagreement is that we lack the kind of high-quality research that can persuade people," said Aftab.