Placebo Effect – not antidepressants – responsible for depression improvement
Peter Simons
Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic
This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The decades-long attempt to locate the gene or genes for schizophrenia has failed, according to a new article in Psychiat r ic Research by prominent schizophrenia researcher E. Fuller Torrey. In the article, Torrey reviews…
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ADHD Tests Lead to Mass Overdiagnosis, Researchers Warn
For Teen Girls, Rare Psychiatric Disorders Spread Like Viruses on Social Media
The Serotonin Zombie: Authors of New Study Try to Breathe New Life into the Dead
Early Intervention in Ultrahigh Risk for Psychosis Ineffective
“Few transition to psychosis anyway, relapse rates were high after treatment, maintenance therapy was ineffective, and no treatment was more effective than any other.“ This report from Peter Simons has has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In…
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Do not prescribe antidepressants for mild to moderate depression or at first visit
JAMA Psychiatry: No evidence that psychiatric treatments produce “successful outcomes”
Lancet Psychiatry: We Are Undervaluing the Placebo Effect
“A recent study of brain stimulation for depression found that the placebo group (sham treatment) showed more improvement than the group that received actual brain stimulation.“ This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “ In a new article in Lancet Psychiatry…
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Researchers question the foundational assumptions of neuropsychology
This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Why does psychology struggle so much to achieve meaningful findings? In what has been termed the “replication crisis,” psychology’s much-hyped positive findings typically fail to replicate in later studies , leaving uncertainty about…
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