It's too bad the author of this piece didn't include a reference to a remarkable study that combined published antidepressant studies, most of which found them to be effective, and studies that were funded, carried out, but then not published, which largely found them to be ineffective. The study's conclusion: "Meta-analyses of antidepressant medications have reported only modest benefits over placebo treatment, and when unpublished trial data are included, <i>the benefit falls below accepted criteria for clinical significance</i>." [Translation: antidepressants do not work.]<p>The study: <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0050045" rel="nofollow">http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fj...</a><p>After this study was published, it ought to have been replicated, or its conclusions called into question or falsified, or newer studies of greater scope be carried out, or antidepressant manufacturers be forced to include a warning on their antidepressant products: "This drug is actually a placebo".<p>But ... none of these things happened. The study had precisely no effect on the pharmaceutical industry or the public.