A new study calls into question the validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), a foremost depression...
New Study Raises Major Concerns About Questionnaire Widely Used for Depression Screening
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Depression Articles
Data Reveals Forced Electroshock in Connecticut More Than Doubled over the Past Decade
Connecticut stands as an example of the growing problem of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) performed on patients...
Canada Advises Against Routine Screening of Adults for Depression in Primary Care Settings
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care agrees with other investigative bodies which have concluded that...
New Research Raises Serious Questions about Electroshock as Treatment for Depression
Survey responses showing little or no benefit for most electroshock recipients, along with long-term memory loss for...
When Stopping Antidepressants, Withdrawal Symptoms May Be Severe and Persistent, New Research Finds
Research in recent years indicates that withdrawal symptoms from antidepressants are common and are more severe and...
Research Results Suggest Patients’ “Treatment-Resistant Depression” May Actually Be Antidepressants’ Failure
Even clinicians call for an approach to alleviating depression that does not rely on antidepressants, which research...
CCHR Calls on Healthcare Providers to Stop Promoting Scientifically Unsupported Theory of Brain Chemical Imbalance Causing Depression
New research finds healthcare providers are prime promoters of the unproven theory, which influences the prescribing...
New Research Links Antidepressants to Lower Levels of Nutrients in Mothers’ Milk
The new study adds to the medical literature linking pregnant women’s use of antidepressants to possible harm to their...
CCHR Calls on FDA to Require Updated Antidepressant Warnings After Research Finds Withdrawal Symptoms Are Common
Withdrawal symptoms are experienced by nearly half of the people trying to quit antidepressants, even if tapered over...