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The New York Times Is Now Engulfed in the STAR*D Scandal

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This was a story of a great medical advance, and the announced results from the STAR*D trial, heralded by the NIMH as the “largest and longest study ever done to evaluate depression treatment,” fit into that story of medical progress, for it told of 70% of depressed patients becoming “symptom free” after repeated treatments with antidepressants.

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

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Five months after Prozac came to market, the NIMH launched a “Depression Awareness, Recognition and Treatment” campaign. The purpose of DART was “to change public attitudes so that there is greater acceptance of depression as a disorder rather than a weakness.”