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Stop Using Antidepressants Except for “the Most Severe Depression,” Experts Say

Mad in America

Take, for instance, a recent meta-analysis finding that exercise is just as good as antidepressants at treating mild to moderate depression —and that adding drugs to the regimen does not improve outcomes. Similarly, a UK study found that more than half of the people on antidepressants don’t meet the criteria for any psychiatric diagnosis.

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Irish Psychiatry Says Chemical Imbalance Is a Figure of Speech—So, What Now?

Mad in America

The reason we say “gobsmacking” is because it’s not something that Irish psychiatrists have said publicly before, although a representative for the College did say in a 2015 media article that people didn’t really believe it anyway. This is simply not the case. What are the drugs doing?