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First I am very grateful for this thread. And I am stunned. No empirical data?

What in the he**?

Google Dr. Kirsch and you will see he has a lot to say about `no proof' and meds

work as well as placebo.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/26/us-depression-drugs-idUSN2527622020080\

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" The critical factor is our beliefs about what's going to happen to us. You

don't have to rely on drugs to see profound transformation. " --Irving Kirsch,

psychologist at the University of Connecticut, who attributes the success of

Prozac and similar drugs to the placebo effect, New York Times, Jan. 9.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E0DA1330F931A15757C0A9649D8B6\

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I think, in addition to 's explanation for why so many have believed that

anti-depressants are effective (myself included) has been the, obviously,

effective manipulation by the wealthy pharmaceutical companies.

The timeliness of this information for me is great. I see my psychiatrist next

Thursday. Wanda