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Greg Dillon is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and an Assistant Professor of Public Health and Clinical Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College. See full bio
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Aren't all psych meds placebos?
What does it mean when ads for Abilify claim that 2/3 of patients "still report symptoms of depression" while taking antidepressants?
Could it be that the self-reporting mechanism that all outpatient psychiatric treatment is based on is exceedingly flawed and that the only positive responses to medications for garden variety mood disorders are a form of the placebo effect in combination with...life?
In practice, how do shrinks account for the placebo effect given that the the only way to measure improvement is based on self-reporting from patients who supposedly have a distorted outlook on reality? For most patients, the absence of intolerable side effects is the only thing that constitutes "working."
Is it necessary to give
Is it necessary to give placebos drug when the effect is not good for the patient?
Nice article. Even though
Nice article. Even though psych meds know that placebo is not good but still they giving it to the patients maybe to ease the pain and give hope.
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