Posted by jhj on September 11, 2007, at 8:08:39
In reply to News - Antidepressants Vindicated?, posted by jrbecker76 on September 8, 2007, at 21:40:40
I am fascinated by the statements and arguments made here by none other then devil's advocate.Sample the collection here.but I can argue that placebos work as well as antidepressants in most clinical trials becuase that is fact based.
In order to truely determine if antidepressants are infact reducing suicde rates there would need to be a double blind placebo controlled study on the likelyhood of suicide, which is unlikely to happen due to ethics.
Suicide rates only adjust like this to abrupt changes in things. You know, stock market crash etc.
These statements can be interpreted as funny only if they are not on such a sensitive topic and read by people suffering for years due to depression.FDA and health authorities should ban antidepressant immediately if according to statement II of above "facts have proved that placebo work as well as antidepressant".
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