Antidepressants have long been the source of controversy. Amphetamines were widely used as an antidote to neurotic depression into the 1960s, until such "pep pills" came to be seen as doing more harm than good. Similar worries are now engulfing today's antidepressants, like Prozac and Paxil, which are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. Two new studies have stirred things up: one warning that antidepressants do not help most people very much, and the other gushing that they are a marvellously cheap way to save lives.
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