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Identify those who really need them, and wean other people off them | Science & technology

Popular meds work no better than a placebo for depression and can come with severe withdrawal symptoms. Why do doctors prescribe them to 43 million Americans?

On this week’s episode of Cover Story: Power Trip, one of the participants of an MDMA-assisted-therapy clinical trial gets her hands on the data. Why did her experience look so different than the results MAPS presented?

Researchers in France describe the poor clinical results they have observed so far using eskatamine for treatment-resistant depression.

Discrepancy between FDA and publication: All positive trials of antidepressants were published, but less than half of negative trials were.

Antidepressant trials with negative results are still more likely than not to either be misleadingly spun as positive or unpublished.

Trials relating to newly developed antidepressant drugs are becoming more transparent. The corresponding study was published in PLOS Medicine by researcher | Drug Discovery And Development

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

The remaining esketamine trial showed a statistically significant effect that did not meet clinical significance.

“As the Arts Council approaches its 45 th anniversary in 2021, we’re giving First Night Springfield to our community at no charge,” says Sheila Walk, Executive Director.  “To keep artists and audiences safe, several of our programs were COVID-cancelled this year, but we’re keeping this holiday tradition alive.” Like so many events this year, First Night had to make some changes to keep its yearly tradition going for its 34th year. In terms of performing, there are usually live conc...