Some might say this is ‘depressing’
February 25th, 2008 by Scott
According to The Financial Times article published today, anti-depressants are just as effective as, well, sugar cubes. They wrote today:
Almost 50 clinical trials were reviewed by psychologists from the University of Hull who found that new-generation anti-depressants worked no better than a placebo – a dummy pill – for mildly depressed patients.
Even the trials that suggested some clinical benefit for the most severely depressed patients did not produce convincing evidence. Professor Irving Kirsch from the university’s pyschology department said: “The difference in improvement between patients taking placebos and patients taking anti-depressants is not very great.
The Financial Times, February 25, 2008
Who’d a thought?
Depressed? Here’s a solution. Stop hiding in a cubicle or inside watching television and get out of the house. There’s something about being out in the sun and enjoying life.
Could it be the sun’s Beta-Carotene? Did you know that the sun actually helps prevent cancer when you grow up with normal sun exposure? That’s according to The New York Times health guide.
Could it be the fresh air? Its natures way of saying get out and have a life.
I have been telling people for ages that the answer to “depression” is the same as it has been for thousands of years. Stop complaining about your life and seeing the glass as half empty.
Go out and play.
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