Psychotropic medications in mood disorders: to deprescribe or not?

Looi, Jeffrey C L; Bell, Erica; Kisely, Steve; Szymaniak, Kinga; Shivakumar, Gurubhaskar; Naylor, Anne; Goldberg, Joseph Frederic; Malhi, Gin S · Br J Psychiatry · 2026

expert_opinion · Level V

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Abstract

In recent years deprescribing mood disorder medications has attracted increasing attention, and guidance provides suggestions for clinical implementation of deprescribing strategies that have been derived through expert consensus. Summarising and highlighting key recommendations, we discuss their execution in various clinical contexts and discuss their integration into clinical practice.