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A Neuroscientist Evaluates the Standard Biological Model of Depression

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This is a talk at UPenn by neuroscientist Peter Sterling, who, in his writings for Mad in America , has critically assessed the “biological model of depression.” Back to Around the Web The post A Neuroscientist Evaluates the Standard Biological Model of Depression appeared first on Mad In America.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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O n 3 August 2023, I wrote to the editors of two medical journals and called for retraction of three fraudulent reports of placebo-controlled trials of depression drugs in children and adolescents. Ten people who lost a child or spouse to suicide as a direct consequence of being prescribed an antidepressant drug for a non-psychiatric condition were co-signatories.