Search Results for 'Placebo'

Treating Depression: Is there a placebo effect?

Clearly many people here are posting to uphold their long held belief. Beliefs ingrained through years of training by med school founded and funded by Pharma. I am an expert by experience having lost a family member due to poly pharmacy a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant, Talk Therapy Fail to Beat Placebo

Neither antidepressants nor "talk therapy" were able to outperform inactive placebo pills in a new clinical trial on depression treatment -- though there were hints that the effects varied based on people's sex and race, res [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Are antidepressants glorified placebos?

Which came first, the mental illness or the drug? While in other areas of medicine this is a no-brainer (no pun intended), some argue that certain psychiatric conditions are created and classified because of the effects particular drugs h [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Genes help placebos work in depression patients

Some combination of biological and psychological factors was thought to be responsible for why placebos, sugar pills designed to gauge the effectiveness of the actual medication, work for some people and not for others. Now researchers have [...]