Impact of antidepressant discontinuation after acute bipolar depression remission on rates of depressive relapse at 1-year follow-up.

@article{Altshuler2003ImpactOA,
  title={Impact of antidepressant discontinuation after acute bipolar depression remission on rates of depressive relapse at 1-year follow-up.},
  author={Lori L. Altshuler and Trisha Suppes and David O. Black and Willem A. Nolen and Paul E. Keck and Mark A. Frye and Susan L. McElroy and Ralph W Kupka and Heinz Grunze and Jörg Walden and Gabrielle S Leverich and Kirk D. Denicoff and David A. Luckenbaugh and Robert M. Post},
  journal={The American journal of psychiatry},
  year={2003},
  volume={160 7},
  pages={
          1252-62
        }
}
OBJECTIVE While guidelines for treating patients with bipolar depression recommend discontinuing antidepressants within 6 months after remission, few studies have assessed the implications of this strategy on the risk for depressive relapse. This study examined the effect of antidepressant discontinuation or continuation on depressive relapse risk among bipolar subjects successfully treated for an acute depressive episode. METHOD Eighty-four subjects with bipolar disorder who achieved… 
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