Upvote for interesting and relevant links, although this part made me want to shout at my screen.
(9). Therefore, we should give up on medication and use psychotherapy instead
Makes sense right up until you run placebo-controlled trials of psychotherapy
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Another study by the same team finds psychotherapy has an effect size of 0.22 compared to antidepressants’ 0.3-0.5
Even if this is true I don’t agree with the cost-benefit analysis. Psychotherapy costs time and money but probably won’t cause weight gain, sexual dysfunction and crippling withdrawal if you miss a dose or need to cycle off of them.
EDIT: I guess he says as much in a different article. Hmph.
Upvote for interesting and relevant links, although this part made me want to shout at my screen.
Even if this is true I don’t agree with the cost-benefit analysis. Psychotherapy costs time and money but probably won’t cause weight gain, sexual dysfunction and crippling withdrawal if you miss a dose or need to cycle off of them.
EDIT: I guess he says as much in a different article. Hmph.