Posted by 49er on May 17, 2009, at 6:17:41
In reply to Re: Antidepressants Hardly Help ( Time Magazine), posted by Larry Hoover on May 11, 2009, at 8:12:22
Hi Larry,
Is the study really outrageous in light of this statement by Dr. Robert Heydaya, a psychopharmacologist who is definitely not anti meds? This is an exert from a response he posted to someone who had made a comment on his article.
"There are three issues I am raising. First, there is overreliance on antidepressants-action is taken without looking at the WHOLE picture, trying to find underlying correctable causes, which if treated would improve one's overall health and prevent other diseases. Second, depending on the study you read, only 1/3 to 1/2 of all patients treated with antidepressants have a full recovery with the current methods."
Also, since a successful response is based on a 50% reduction in symptoms, that has to be accounted for in the overall success rate.
Additionally, the whole premise of pharma companies who are claiming that antipsychotics are effective add-ons for depression is that ADs only work 33% of the time. So if they are lying, then shouldn't the FTC be getting them for false advertising?
Your point would make more sense if other folks were coming up with higher success rates. But that isn't what is happening.
Anyway, I can't even compete with you in my dreams in analyzing data so if I am missing something that is relevant, please accept my apologies in advance.
49er
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