Helping people discontinue long-term antidepressants: views of health professionals in UK primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aims of this paper were to identify, characterise and explain clinician factors that shape decision-making around antidepressant discontinuation in UK primary care.

Design

Four focus groups and three interviews were conducted and analysed using thematic analysis.

Participants

Twenty-one general practitioners (GPs), four GP assistants, seven nurses and six community mental health team workers and psychotherapists took part in focus groups and interviews.

Setting

Participants were recruited from seven primary care regions and two National Health Service Trusts providing community mental health services in the South of England.

Results

Participants highlighted a number of barriers and enablers to discussing discontinuation with patients. They

SUBMITTER: Bowers HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615882 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature