antidepressants
Conspiracy theories tagged "antidepressants."
2 articles
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Psychiatric Overdiagnosis & Disease Creation
The partially substantiated critique that DSM diagnostic criteria have been systematically loosened to create larger patient populations for pharmaceutical intervention, advanced by psychiatrists like Allen Frances.
1961 · United States · Allen Frances, DSM, pharmaceutical industry
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SSRI Antidepressants & Serotonin Myth
Meta-analyses suggest SSRIs barely beat placebo for mild depression. The 'chemical imbalance' theory was a marketing slogan, not science. But millions of people say antidepressants saved their lives. What's going on?
1987 · United States · Irving Kirsch, Peter Breggin, Joanna Moncrieff