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Antidepressants might be largely ineffective, study suggests

Author: Editorial 13th April 2022 0 Comments

The Daily Telegraph reports : “Antidepressants should be prescribed less routinely by doctors, scientists have said, after a study concluded there was no strong evidence that the drugs were effective. New research has indicated the side effects many patients suffer from…
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Antidepressants do not work better than a placebo, study finds

Author: Editorial 2nd February 2022 0 Comments

Eleanor Hayward Health, reporting for the Daily Mail, writes : “Doctors should stop prescribing antidepressants because there is no decent clinical evidence that they work better than a placebo, a study has found. About one in six British adults take the…
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Psychiatric Drugs may Reduce Social and Emotional Capacities

Author: Editorial 15th September 2021 0 Comments

This article by Jenny Logan has been published on the Mad in America website. It begins: “While deficits in social cognition are often associated with and used to diagnose psychiatric disorders, new research suggests that the medications used to treat psychiatric…
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