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Antidepressant Tapering Is Not Routine But Could Be

James Phelps, James Nguyen and Olivia Pipitone Coskey
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2023, jabfm.2022.220239R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220239R1
James Phelps
From Samaritan Mental Health, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon (JP); Western University School of Medicine, Lebanon, Oregon (JN); Graduate Medical Education, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon (OPC).
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James Nguyen
From Samaritan Mental Health, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon (JP); Western University School of Medicine, Lebanon, Oregon (JN); Graduate Medical Education, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon (OPC).
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Olivia Pipitone Coskey
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