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    Antidepressants plus benzodiazepines in major depressive disorder: a clinical dilemma with no recent answers from research

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    2020-10
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    De Giorgi, Riccardo
    De Cates, Angharad N
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    De Cates, A., & De Giorgi, R. (2020). Adjunctive benzodiazepines in depression: A clinical dilemma with no recent answers from research. BJPsych Advances, 26(6), 321-326.
    Abstract
    Comorbid anxiety symptoms are common in depression, and adding benzodiazepines to antidepressant treatment may seem a rational clinical solution. Benzodiazepines also have potential to reduce the initial anxiety that may be caused by early antidepressant treatment (owing to their inhibitory effect via GABAA receptor binding). This month's Cochrane Corner review examines the evidence behind combination treatment versus antidepressants alone in major depressive disorder, in terms of both the clinical and neuroscientific context. The review provides evidence that, in the first 4 weeks of treatment, additional medication with a benzodiazepine may lead to greater improvements than antidepressant alone on ratings of severity, response rates and remission rates for depression, but not on measures of anxiety
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    The article attached to this record is the Author(s) pre-/post- print version only. NOTE: this is not the version published in BJPsych Advances. Minor changes may have been made for publication. Eligible users can access the full text via NHS OpenAthens (login required)
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    https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2020.17
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