Article Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Depression treatment 
Mad in America
DECEMBER 11, 2023
In a new article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), 30+ prominent figures in critical psychiatry call on the UK government to acknowledge the evidence that antidepressants are no better than placebos for most patients and to increase funding of social and psychological interventions while decreasing drug prescriptions.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 25, 2023
In a study of fluoxetine (Prozac) for adolescents, researchers found that the placebo effect predicted good outcomes, but the actual drug treatment did not. After accounting for “treatment guess” (those who figured out that they were receiving an intervention rather than placebo), the drug was not effective in depression treatment.
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Mad in America
FEBRUARY 10, 2024
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Ireland. T he chemical imbalance theory of depression—what was once considered the gold standard reason for why people take antidepressants—was, apparently, “a figure of speech.” This is simply not the case. What are the drugs doing?
Bullet Psych
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Other treatment options include intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization programs, residential programs, and medical or psychiatric hospitalization depending on severity. Psychotherapy : Psychological interventions should be considered first-line treatment. Other SSRIs (e.g.
Bullet Psych
JANUARY 22, 2023
Treatment 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 Psychotherapy : Psychological interventions should be considered first-line treatment. One meta-analysis showed individual or group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to be most effective. The effective dose is typically higher than average depression treatment (60-80 mg/day).
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
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. Entitled, “Research Matters: Treating Depression,” it doubles down on the fraudulent reporting of the treatments.
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