10 No-Cost Strategies to Fight Depression


// 10 No-Cost Strategies to Fight Depression Feeling depressed? With the economy stuck in neutral, people have more reasons to be depressed—and less money to treat their depression—than in the past. The cost of medication and talk therapy add up even if you have health insurance—and more than 46 million people in the U.S. (and [...]

Depressing News About Antidepressants


// Depressing News About Antidepressant Studies suggest that the popular drugs are no more effective than a placebo. In fact, they may be worse. It seems I am not alone in having moral qualms about blowing the whistle on antidepressants. That first analysis, in 1998, examined 38 manufacturer-sponsored studies involving just over 3,000 depressed patients. [...]

Milder depression may not respond to antidepressants


// Milder depression may not respond to antidepressants (Health.com) — For people with milder cases of depression, fake pills may be just as effective as antidepressant drugs, a new study suggests. The study confirmed that antidepressants are substantially better than fake pills, or placebo, in people with severe depression, but the researchers found “little evidence” [...]