Popular Drugs May Help Only Severe Depression

This article by Benedict Carey in the New York Times presents recent findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association discussing the effects of some widely prescribed anti-depression drugs.  The study found that the effect of these drugs on mild to moderate depression may only be as effective as placebo pills.

Click here to read about the implications of the study.   

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