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The Emperor’s New Drugs
- Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Irving Kirsch has the world doubting the efficacy of antidepressants. Do they work, or are they no better than placebos? Like his colleagues, Kirsch spent years referring patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs. Eventually, however, he decided to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs actually were.
With 15 years of research, Kirsch demonstrates that what everyone “knew” about antidepressants is wrong; what the medical community considered a cornerstone of psychiatric treatment is little more than a faulty consensus. But The Emperor’s New Drugs does more than just criticize: it offers a path society can follow to stop popping pills and start proper treatment.
About the author: Irving Kirsch, PhD, a native of New York City, is a professor of psychology at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, as well as professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He lives in Hull, England.
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- Robert A
- 2020-09-25
So informative. Blows the roof off big Pharma
I always doubted the idea that brain chemistry could be the source of depression, it just doesn't make sense that the brain would be designed to be ineffective. turns out our brain is defective because we believe in big pharma's lies that are propagated for money and buy money.
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