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

Mad in America

American psychiatry has weathered the crisis; it will not have to confront a public stunned by news of how the oft-cited 67% cumulative remission rate, in the largest and longest study ever done to evaluate depression treatment,” was born of scientific misconduct.

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It’s You, It’s Not Me: Treatment Resistant Depression and the Psychiatric Breakup

Mad in America

It showed up in the literature for the first time in 1974, when a small number of psychiatrists published some clinical observations of a “therapy resistant depression.” The therapy to which they referred was entirely pharmaceutical—it was always a failure to improve with medication. Challenges of Treatment Resistant Depression.