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๐Ÿ“– Irving Kirsch – The Emperor’s New Medicines – substack.com

๐Ÿ“– Irving Kirsch – The Emperor’s New Medicines – substack.com

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Do antidepressants work? Of course – everyone knows it. Like his colleagues, Irving Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, spent years referring patients to psychiatrists to treat their depression with medication before he decided to investigate for himself how effective the medication really was. Over the past fifteen years, however, Kirsch’s researchโ€”an in-depth analysis of decades of Food and Drug Administration dataโ€”has shown that what everyone knew about antidepressants was wrong. Instead of treating depression with medication, we treat it with suggestion.

The Emperor’s New Medicines makes a compelling case that what appeared to be a cornerstone of psychiatric treatment was little more than a flawed consensus. But Kirsch isn’t just criticizing: he’s suggesting a path society can follow so we can stop popping pills and start treating depression properly.

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