Can antidepressant use be associated with emotional blunting in a subset of patients with depression? A scoping review of available literature.

Muhammad Youshay JawadMaurish FatimaUmer HassanZaofashan ZaheerMuhammad AyyanMuhammad EhsanMuhmmad Huzaifa Ahmed KhanAhsan QadeerAbdul Rehman GullMuhammad Talha AsifMujeeb U Shad

Published in: Human psychopharmacology (2023)

Emotional blunting was a significant patient-reported concern with antidepressants. Future research should clarify phenomenological and neurobiological constructs underlying emotional blunting to improve diagnostic and management skills.

Keyphrases

patient reported
major depressive disorder
systematic review
depressive symptoms
current status
medical students