Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are treated with psychotherapy.
The doctor-patient relationship is critical to the placebo effect. - Irving Kirsch
The doctor-patient relationship is critical to the placebo effect.
- Irving Kirsch
Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an illness at all. Often… - Irving Kirsch
Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an illness at all. Often…
Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very serio… - Irving Kirsch
Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very serio…
I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee, migraine, asthma. - Irving Kirsch
I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee, migraine, asthma.
Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are trea… - Irving Kirsch
Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are trea…
Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people. - Irving Kirsch
Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people.
Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression. - Irving Kirsch
Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.
Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run. - Irving Kirsch
Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cogniti… - Irving Kirsch
There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cogniti…
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