Informed consent for antidepressants | Letter

Dr John Read says people should be told of potential negative effects when these drugs are first offered to them

Your article (Antidepressants can cause ‘emotional blunting’, study shows, 23 January) reports that antidepressants cause inability to experience positive feelings and difficulty achieving orgasm.

This small study, involving 66 subjects, confirms my two international surveys, of 1,400 and 1,800 patients, which both found these depressing effects in more than 60% of patients.

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