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It's Okay to Need Medication for Mental Health Treatment

Zencare

The role of medications in managing mental health disorders Some mental health illnesses respond best to medication, some respond best to individual psychotherapy, and some respond best to a combination, or "multimodal" treatment approach. Treatment includes symptom reduction and remission.

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STAR*D: The Harms of Orchestrated Psychiatric Fraud

Mad in America

The first NIMH treatment outcome study , which was published in 1989, found the drug treatment (imipramine) to be no more effective than placebo when measures were taken after three months of treatment. The same falsehoods are taught in continuing education programs to previously credentialed psychiatrists.