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Irving Kirsch

Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are treated with psychotherapy.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

If you’re taking an antidepressant, it’s working, and you’re not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it’s not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don’t like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee, migraine, asthma.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

The one thing we do know is that the chemical imbalance theory – the theory that people get depressed when they don’t have enough serotonin in their brain – we know that that’s wrong.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

Perhaps anti-depressants should be best reserved for the very extreme cases and, more importantly, for those who do not respond to alternative forms of interventions.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs’ active ingredients.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it’s not a physically produced effect. What’s the cause? In many cases, it’s an unanswered question.

– Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

If doctors just spent more time with their patients so they felt more reassured, that might help.

– Irving Kirsch

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