Antidepressants are an Important Part of Treating Depression

摘要

A recent review paper, published online on April 24 2012 in Frontiers in Psychology, argues that antidepressants interfere with the normal homeostatic response of the body and cause more harm than good (Andrews et al., 2012). The authors cite a number of studies that show that antidepressants are associated with a range of side effects, that drug-placebo differences are small for mild to moderate depression, and that people on antidepressants may die prematurely.