Antidepressants Quote by Irving Kirsch Download Open image “The big bulk of the response to antidepressants is the placebo response.” — Irving Kirsch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Antidepressants Antidepressants Placebo Big Bulk Placebo Placebo Response Response Response Antidepressants
I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee,… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill, and your… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“For people who are depressed, and especially for those who do not receive enough benefit from medication of for whom the side effects of… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“When people think about a placebo such as the royal touch, they usually dismiss it as "just psychology." But, there is nothing "just" about… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“When conventional medicine fails, when we must confront pain and death, of course we are open to other prospects for hope. And, after all,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If Placebo was a drug, they would no doubt be pure heroin - dangerous, mysterious and totally addictive. — Brian Molko Copy Share Image
Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“Like antidepressants, a substantial part of the benefit of psychotherapy depends on a placebo effect, or as Moerman calls it, the meaning response. At… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The best anti-depressant pill I've ever taken was a hockey stick to someone's back. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works! — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me. — John Elder Robison Copy Share Image
Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“Many of the benefits of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) can be obtained without going into therapy. There are a number of self-help books, CDs… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The results of decades of neurotransmitter-depletion studies point to one inescapable conclusion: low levels or serotonin, norepinephrine or dopamine do not cause depression. here… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“Our analyses of the FDA data showed relatively little difference between the effects of antidepressants and the effects of placebos. Indeed, the effects were… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
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… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
If doctors just spent more time with their patients so they felt more reassured, that might help. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Antidepressants are the biggest fraud in the world. Number one, Prozac gives you a royal soft-on like you wouldn't believe, and number two you… — Robert Evans Copy Share Image
Antidepressants sure kill your sexual life...Now, THAT'S depressing! — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Sylvie wishes the anti-depressants had been around when she was in her early twenties, not only to rescue her from the dark tunnels that… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
One the one hand, the simple fact that there are children and that I do have an effect on them has been one of… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I notice a lot of people think they can solve their problems with antidepressants. That, I noticed, being like a bigger issue, like, it… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
All the commercials on TV today are for antidepressants, for Prozac or Paxil. And they get you right away. "Are you sad? Do you… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Nature is often overlooked as a healing balm for the emotional hardships in a child's life. You'll likely never see a slick commercial for… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
I was terrified when my doctor told me that I had a unique and interesting personality trait, but then he told me about new… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
The recent discovery of highly specific antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications would not have been possible without the use of animal models — Herb Pardes Copy Share Image
These were the days when I powerfully believed Breyers and Entenmann's to be pioneers in the field of antidepressants. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
