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Antidepressants as Placebo

by Irving Kirsch, Brett J. Deacon, Tania B. Huedo-Medina, Alan Scoboria, Thomas J. Moore, Blair Johnson

With homeopathy critics still alleging it to be placebo, we thought it was appropriate to publish...

Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch (born March 7, 1943) is Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and a lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is also a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, and the University of Connecticut in the United States. Kirsch is noted for his research on placebo effects, antidepressants, expectancy, and hypnosis. He is the originator of response expectancy theory, and his analyses of clinical trials of antidepressants have influenced official treatment guidelines in the United Kingdom. Among his many published articles and studies : Kirsch, I. (2009). The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth. London :The Bodley Head.

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