"Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are……" — Irving Kirsch
"Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people."
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Irving Kirsch
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15 Quotes by Irving Kirsch
Irving Kirsch has 15 quotes on this site.
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Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and…
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Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may…
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Perhaps anti-depressants should be best reserved for the very extreme cases and, more importantly, for those who do not respond…
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I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain,…
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Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long…
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Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.
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The big bulk of the response to antidepressants is the placebo response.
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If doctors just spent more time with their patients so they felt more reassured, that might help.
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The doctor-patient relationship is critical to the placebo effect.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy.
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There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.
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All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
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I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that…
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When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and…
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Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.
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I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to…
— Eric Clapton
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Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.
— Loni Anderson
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Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on…
— Maya Angelou
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Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death.
— Harry J. Anslinger
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Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.
— Marc Anthony
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I'll tell you why I like the cigarette business. It cost a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar.…
— Warren Buffett
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All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence.…
— Richard G. Scott
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Another false philosophy that appeals to the Mr. Hyde side of our natures is that peeking into pornography is harmless.…
— James E. Faust
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