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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

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In summary, researchers have found no serotonin nor any other neurotransmitter association with depression, no neurobiological associations, and no genetic associations. They justify this with the 2006 reported results of the NIMH-funded “ Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D). But What If It’s Broken?”

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

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As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). In 2006, the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) published four reports on STAR*D outcomes. There was one other red flag.