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http://www.youtube.com/user/bipolarorwakingup Antidepressants Facts, The Truth about Psychiatry Depression Drugs 1. They Don?t Work! ? Antidepressants have no impact... Almost 50 clinical trials were reviewed by psychologists from the UK's University of Hull, who found new-generation antidepressants worked no better than a placebo for most depressed patients. See a few BBC Videos on this research and some other cool stuff: http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=antidepressants&recipe=all&scope=all&edition The Original Research Document http://medicine.plosjournals.org/archive/1549-1676/5/2/pdf/10.1371_journal.pmed.0050045-L.pdf ? The UK Newspaper The Guardian reported on Feb.27, 2008 that the government yesterday released details of its £170m plan to train 3,600 more psychological therapists in the wake of a study showing that antidepressant drugs such as Prozac are no more effective than a placebo. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/27/mentalhealth.health 2. Big Pharma Lies! ? They routinely suppress the results of research which have negative results for their products. The Wall Street Journal reports that the effectiveness of a dozen popular anti-depressants has been exaggerated by selective publication of favorable results, according to a review of unpublished data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. Among the many drugs that were found to have increased their effects as a result of selective publication and/or data manipulation: Lexapro, Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor Wall Street Journal link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120051950205895415.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_new 3. You are a Victim of Marketing! ? The New York Times reports that the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder has increased 4000% in 10 years! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/health/04psych.html ? USA Today report shows that as ad spending goes up, the more you ASK for specific medications: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080304/1a_lede04.art.