Mad in America

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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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Mad in America

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Carly tells that Joey was on almost thirty different medications between 2015 and 2024. Our findings suggest that the experience of involuntary treatment and compulsory admissions is an often predominantly negative, at times traumatic experience for service users and carers, not always achieving the expected therapeutic benefit.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, there was recognition within the NIMH that that the industry-funded trials didn’t necessarily provide evidence of the efficacy of antidepressants in real-world patients, which prompted it to launch the STAR*D study, touting it as the “largest and longest study ever done to evaluate depression treatment.”

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