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Online therapy can be effective

Note that this study did not directly compare online therapy to face-to-face sessions. Rather, it compared online therapy with physician treatment to a group which received physician treatment but no therapy. While there is considerable debate as to whether online therapy is at par with face-to-face sessions, this is at least a step towards finding out [...]

Antidepressants and effectiveness

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-10-05T06:46:15-04:00February 28th, 2008|Categories: Medication|Tags: antidepressants, Anxiety, Depression/Anxiety, effectiveness, Medication, placebo, side effects|

A recent study from the University of Hull in England stated that antidepressants only help the most severe cases of depression. In the study, subjects responded just as effectively to placebos as they did to antidepressant medication, except in the more severe cases of depression. The following article refutes the study's findings and gives information on [...]