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Switching Versus Augmentation in Patients With Inadequate Antidepressant Response

Roueen Rafeyan, MD, DFAPA, FASAM ; George I. Papakostas, MD ; W. Clay Jackson, MD, DipTh ; Madhukar H. Trivedi, MD

J Clin Psychiatry 2020;81(3):OT19037BR3

Expert discuss why clinicians often switch antidepressants before considering augmentation strategies, as well as the potential consequences of those treatment decisions.

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