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Tag Archives: anti-depressants

Boston Globe: The Placebo Effect and Depression

Posted on March 19, 2012 by PiPS

PiPS Associate Director Irving Kirsch is interviewed in today’s Boston Globe. Read the full article here.

Posted in Interviews, Media | Tagged anti-depressants, antidepressants, Boston Globe, Depression, Harvard placebo studies, Irving Kirsch, PiPS, Placebo, placebo effect, placebo studies, Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter

Irving Kirsch in TIME: “New Research on the Antidepressant-vs.-Placebo Debate”

Posted on January 25, 2012 by PiPS

Irving Kirsch is quoted in this article addressing the question of why the data on drug treatment for anti-depression are so conflicted. Read the full article here.

Posted in Media | Tagged anti-depressants, Irving Kirsch, Placebo, The Emperor's New Drugs

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