Acute Affective Symptoms during Antidepressant Tapering Indicate Withdrawal Reactions Rather than Relapse: Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

Michael P. Hengartner; Andri Rennwald; Oliver Senn; Stefan Neuner-Jehle; Mark A. Horowitz

Acute Affective Symptoms during Antidepressant Tapering Indicate Withdrawal Reactions Rather than Relapse: Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

Michael P. Hengartner
, Andri Rennwald
, Oliver Senn
, Stefan Neuner-Jehle
, Mark A. Horowitz

Kalaidos School of Applied Psychology

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Original language	English
Journal	Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Publication status	Published - 13 Aug 2026

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Hengartner, M. P., Rennwald, A., Senn, O., Neuner-Jehle, S., & Horowitz, M. A. (2026). Acute Affective Symptoms during Antidepressant Tapering Indicate Withdrawal Reactions Rather than Relapse: Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. https://karger.com/pps/article/doi/10.1159/pps/aemag002/954101/Acute-affective-symptoms-during-antidepressant

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