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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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Winding Back the Clock: What If the STAR*D Investigators Had Told the Truth?

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Here is the cover from that issue: In his essay, Miller repeatedly stressed that ever since 2006, the STAR*D study had stood “out as a beacon guiding treatment decisions.” Five months after Prozac came to market, the NIMH launched a “Depression Awareness, Recognition and Treatment” campaign.