http://behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/
What he has to say is very interesting, and rather shocking. It appears that there is no scientific evidence of specific chemical imbalance in most people suffering from depression, and so no scientific basis for the treatment of depression by antidepressive drugs. The same applies to other disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. He cites specific sources for this finding. I had no idea. I've encountered many depressed students in my time, almost all on medicine, and never dreamed of suggesting they come off the medicine. In fact, I assumed that if they did so, they would be at increased risk of suicide, which is, along with road traffic accidents, one of the two main causes of death among our students. And everything I'd heard before this, including comments by professionals, was to the effect that "the drugs work", and in fact that "there has been no progress in psychiatry apart from the development of useful drugs."
I still won't advise people to stop taking the pills, but I won't encourage them to continue, either. Not my job, or competence. Patients should be able to trust their doctors.
