Antidepressants are over-prescribed, but genuinely help some patients
Around 10% of Western adults take antidepressants, making them one of the world’s most popular types of drugs. On the surface, their prevalence seems hard to reconcile with the underwhelming evidence of their utility. For most people, they are only slightly more effective than a placebo, and can often induce dependency or inflict unwelcome side-effects.
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Read MoreChina wakes up to its mental-health problems
But sufferers are routinely treated as a danger to society LAST year Li Tian (not her real name) spent a month in a mental hospital. She has suffered from depression for years, but was not particularly low or anxious at the time. It was just that world leaders were preparing to gather in Hangzhou, the […]
Read MoreSuicides among British pensioners are falling
Improved health and better quality of life are helping By THE DATA TEAM WORLDWIDE, old people are far more likely than any other age group to kill themselves. But in Britain they have become among the least likely. Between 1986 and 2017 the suicide rate among the over-60s dropped by about 60%. This trend puzzles […]
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