No longer taking antidepressants (already stopped + new stops) | | 8 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
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Still taking antidepressants | | 211 | 191 | 175 | 165 |
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Re-started taking antidepressants | | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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1st time point | 2nd time point | Baseline–3 months (n = 203)a | 3–6 months (n = 181)a | 6–9 months (n = 170)a | 9–12 months (n = 161)a |
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Monotherapy | Continued on same drug | 176 | 156 | 142 | 131 |
Same dose | 147 | 130 | 113 | 103 |
Increased dose | 17 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
Reduced dose | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
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Switched antidepressant | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Within class | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Between class | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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Combination therapy/augmented antidepressant | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Second antidepressantb | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Non-antidepressant augmenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Combination therapy | Continued on combination therapyb | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Same combination of drugsc | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Different combination | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Change to monotherapy | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
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Missing information on type and/or dose of antidepressant | | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 |