Finally, we censored the follow-up for individuals in
themonotherapy group if a mood stabilizer was dispensed.
The indications for these mood stabilizer prescriptions are
unknown; it could be the start of prophylactic treatment
in a stable phase or a late safety measure to add a mood
stabilizer to the antidepressant treatment.However, there is
also the possibility that the mood stabilizer was prescribed
because of treatment-emergent hypomania or mania that
was not recorded; in this case, censoring will yield a lower
risk of mania after antidepressant treatment than is actually
the case.