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(JD) · Feb 08, 2010, 08:52 PM

I didn't read the article, but negative information has been "out there" for many years, about antidepressants.
Did the article talk about how 6 months of psychotherapy does as much good, or more?
I know the previous info on ADs from the drug companies themselves, was that they only work for maybe a third of the people who try them, and that's one of the drugs on the market might work for one third of the people.

I think many people benefit from the more natural products of herbs, rather than the synthetic ADs. My body doesn't like anything synthetic.

Dr Seliger, of Positive Psychology, proved that a depressed person can lighten their depression by sharing good with another ... well I didn't say that very well ...
but for example, at PC when you see someone in chat or a thread say something that was good about themselves, or something positive that was in their life recently, Dr Seliger's research says if you will not only participate in congratulating them (such as in that thread, or IRL if you know them) but also go an extra mile (such as for PC, creating a Kudo thread for that person for it) that YOUR OWN depression will begin to lighten ... if you do this for even 6 weeks on a day to day basis, you can begin to feel better. There are remarkable positive results even after a year of trying to do this!