Study: Anti-Depressants Ineffective For Mild, Moderate Depression
A new study is out in JAMA today and it is likely to be picked to pieces because it concludes, based upon a meta analysis of selected clinical trials just two anti-depressants, that anti-depressants are ineffective for mild to moderate depression but are quite robust for severe depression. That’s the spin the media is putting out at any rate. The reality though is that this study looked at six clinical trials of Paxil and Imipramine. So to extrapolate to other drugs isn’t exactly fair–not that other studies haven’t already questioned the effectiveness of other anti-depressants.
Anywhere, it’s interesting that the study was published in JAMA (it doesn’t strike me as the most important study in the world) and that it offers further proof of how limited in effectiveness anti-depressants can be. Which begs the question of why so many people are taking them.
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