Simone Amendola – A New Vision for Mental Health

Suicide Rates and Prescription of Antidepressants

Author: Editorial 16th February 2024 0 Comments

This study by Simone Amendola, Martin Plöderl, and Michael P. Hengartner has been published by Crisis (The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention). The abstract says: “Background: Previous ecological studies reported that increasing antidepressant prescriptions were associated with decreasing suicide rates. …
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collaborative practice

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The Problem of Inflated Efficacy in Psychiatry Journals

Author: Editorial 25th October 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Christopher Lane has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “KEY POINTS New research finds widely prescribed drugs are much less effective than their published record suggests. One study saw financial conflicts of interest driving whether unfavorable…
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a coherent system

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