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Efficacy of Antidepressants

By John M. Grohol, Psy.D.

Two studies published last year (Turner et al., 2008; Kirsch et al., 2008) began to shake the foundation of the research that has established the efficacy and usefulness of modern antidepressant medications — those psychiatric drugs most commonly prescribed to people to treat depression. A …

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Efficacy of Antidepressants

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  1. Very interesting and informative. I’ve taken many different antidepressants, etc. over the past 15 years. And am weighing alternate treatments, and paying attention to the experiences of others who have done so. The proof is in the pudding.
    Peter (Pyrs)

  2. Shower’s effect as an antidepressant was in an article this month; can you help me locate this article?

  3. Antidepressants have very serious side effects, so much so that the FDA has issued a Black Box Warnings for them. Not only are there the warnings and side effects listed on the FDA website but thousands of adverse reations have been reported to the FDA since they have been placed on the market. I am writing a book about these Adverse Events and I would love it if you would fill out a survey on this subject that I have on my website http://PrescriptionDrugProblems.com

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