> Not conspiracy, but fear of the lawyerizing this country has turned in to.

i should clarify that i'm not from the US. i accept your gripe here, but think this is a somewhat seperate gripe...

> SSRI's can be very effective.

more accurate than placebo when the double blind isn't broken by side effects?????

then don't forget to add the harm to the equation (side effects, increase in suicidal ideation / urges / behaviour)...

> If you give them to millions of people who do not have major depression, you skew the data; simple statistics.

i agree that depression is indeed overdiagnosed considerably. that being said... who is doing the overdiagnosing, would you say?

don't you think that the people who they select for the studies are people who are infact fairly reliably regarded to be clinically depressed? do you have an issue with how the drug companies select their patient sample?

> Coming here and giving people false information as though you have a grasp of the literature is not appropriate.

please point out to me where i've provided false information. please don't jump to conclusions about my understanding of the literature, either. if you have a problem with my claims then tell me why and we can discuss it. thanks.