FOI release

Protracted Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome Knowledge

Some or all of the information requested may not have been provided because we required clarification from the requester.

Case reference FOI2026/00774

Received 16 July 2026

Published 8 September 2026

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like the following: 1. All information - paper, reports, research, minutes of meetings and electronic documents including emails an letters, regarding the symptoms of Protracted Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome (PSSD, PAWS etc). 2. All information - paper, reports, research, minutes of meetings and electronic documents including emails an letters, related to changes in brain function following the long term use of antidepressants. 3. All information - paper, reports, research, minutes of meetings and electronic documents including emails an letters, related to Emotional Blunting following the long term use of antidepressants.

Response

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Documents

• FOI2026_00774 (redacted).pdf (1.4 MB)

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