Antidepressant Withdrawal and Protracted Antidepressant Withdrawal Now Officially Recognised

[Katy398]

Hi Moderators,

I'm not sure this has been reported on the site yet. 

 

Mark Horowitz has been working hard behind the scenes to get Antidepressant Withdrawal and Protracted Antidepressant Withdrawal  officially recognised. He announced on X/twitter Oct 6 

 

"SNOMED has today added code 1285639002 'Protracted antidepressant withdrawal syndrome (disorder)' to its system. GP practices I believe need to activate this code locally to use it.."

 

Which was  followed by this!

 

"SNOMED is having a productive day. Code 1269539009 |Antidepressant withdrawal syndrome (disorder) has just been created."

 

I then contacted SNOMED CT AU and this was their response,

 

"Many thanks for your email.

I’m pleased to let you know that the two concepts you have identified are available in the SNOMED CT-AU release.

You can find these concepts by searching for them using terms or the concept ID at:  Shrimp/🔥 SNOMED CT Browser"

 

I think it is now recognised internationally now.

 

So As Joanna Moncrieff States Now we have to wait for PSSD to be recognised. It does feel that things are moving in the right direction.

 

Best wishes to everyone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[thisisbort]

Any information in regards to Australia??