Newsweek has a piece looking at some recent studies into antidepressants which is worth a read.
The author questions whether it is right to burst the bubble about the effect of antidepressants when that risks undermining their placebo effect.
Maybe keeping patients in the dark about the ineffectiveness of antidepressants, which for many are their only hope, is a kindness.Well worth a read for a roundup of the latest state of play.
Or maybe not. As shown by the explicit criticism of drug companies by the authors of the recent JAMA paper, more and more scientists believe it is time to abandon the "don't ask, don't tell" policy of not digging too deeply into the reasons for the effectiveness of antidepressants.
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