{
  "id": 9995686,
  "title": "Emotional distress when stopping antidepressants appears to be due to withdrawal, not relapse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/emotional-distress-when-stopping-antidepressants-appears-to-be-due-to",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-26T14:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/emotional-distress-when-stopping-antidepressants-appears-to-be-due-to-withdrawal-not-relapse/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When people stop taking antidepressants, a sudden wave of anxiety or depression can feel like a devastating setback. But new research suggests these emotional spikes are usually a temporary physical withdrawal reaction, rather than a true relapse.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}