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Placebos for Prozac -- About the Same Effect January 25, 2002 - 1:35 AM by Dr. Gary Farr | Category:
Mental Health Conditions |
An analysis of 39 studies of depression patients suggests that the placebo effect improves the condition just about as much as the pharmacological preparations Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil. Psychologists at the University of Connecticut also found no difference between treatment with medication and psychotherapy only. According to one of the researchers, "People benefiting from drugs are benefiting because they think that taking the antidepressant medication is working."2
2. Dr. Guy Sapirstein, who reported the findings of his work with Dr. Irving Kirsch at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
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Source: Placebos for Prozac -- About the Same Effect
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