In the same way that benzos can make anxiety worse in the long term, can antidepressants worsen the condition they are designed to treat? Proud to have commissioned this thoughtful analysis: https://bit.ly/2GDRMgj  @TAPsychopharm /1

Current diagnostic systems in psychiatry do not consider the iatrogenic components of psychopathology, and can be applied to only patients who are drug free. They are suited for a patient who no longer exists: most of the cases that are seen in psychiatric clinical practice.../2

"...receive psychotropic drugs and such treatment is likely to affect prognosis and treatment choices."/3

"Continued drug treatment with antidepressant medications may stimulate processes that run counter to the initial acute effects of a drug. The oppositional model of tolerance may explain loss of treatment efficacy during maintenance treatment and the fact that some side .../4