More than half of the "happiness pills" do not work. To this conclusion came the British scientists. According to recent studies, more than 50% of antidepressants do not affect patients. According to scientists, about 56% of patients felt better after the course of the newest antidepressant SSRI.

However, about the same results (43%) were also shown by those who took "pills-pacifiers" in full confidence that the drug would save them from depression. Improvement of the condition occurs in 60% of people who are treated for depression by tricyclics, according to the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka.

Net At the same time, similar improvements are observed in those who accept "dummies". "Antidepressants are only slightly more effective than" dummy pills, "says one of the authors of the study - Dr. Stephen McGilivray. The effect of pills, most often, purely psychological, writes The Mirror. "People who are depressed need hope. If the doctor does not prescribe a tablet for them from despondency, the hope for them disappears, "says the representative of the charity society Sane, Marjorie Wallace.

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