April 2009

Antidepressants not as effective as research suggests

April 28, 2009 in Depression, Medical Industrial Complex | 5 comments

A new report due to be published in the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry shows that antidepressants aren't all they're cracked up to be. But, faithful readers, you already knew that. Right? The report is part of the National Institute of Mental Health-funded Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) project – the largest study of the treatment of depression conducted in the United States. It showed that findings from clinical studies used ...
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Are your comments getting through?

April 26, 2009 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

A reader emailed me this morning to let me know that many of his comments to the blog have not gotten through. That was a surprise to me, because I never saw them in my moderation queue. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a tech expert. I've done my best to set the blog up so that it's both user and operator friendly. Earlier I had a problem with a spam ...
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