“Honest” Placebos Effective in Treating Health Problems
From TIME: “The medical community has been aware of the placebo effect–the phenomenon in which a nontherapeutic treatment (like a sham pill) improves a...
Treating Children With Depression: How Will History Judge Us?
From The Conversation UK. Given the limited benefits and serious side effects, why have antidepressant prescriptions for young people risen so much? We don’t yet...
Study Shows Mood-Enhancing Effects in Depressed Teens Helping Other Teens
From Inverse.com. Think about the last time you helped someone out. Maybe you sent a supportive text to a stressed-out friend or gave directions...
‘More like spin-the-bottle than science’: My mission to find proper treatment for my son’s...
From The Guardian: “Psychosis is often thought to be genetic, or a symptom of brain chemistry gone awry, which is what I was led to...
Antidepressants can cause ‘Chemical Castration’
From Maryanne Demasi Reports: “Antidepressants can cause severe, sometimes irreversible, sexual dysfunction that persists even after discontinuing the medication. Sufferers have described it as ‘chemical castration’ — a...