By Dr. Mercola
'Today’s Approach to Mental Health = Drugs So what happened between 1974 and today to make the prognosis of depression go from one with a positive outcome to one that essentially disables you for life? You don’t need a medical degree to figure it out. Just turn on your TV, and what do you see? Advertisements that all but hypnotize you into believing that this drug or that will help you feel better – especially if it turns out that you’re one of the two-thirds of people on antidepressants who aren’t getting better.
'As Whitaker points out in his interview with me, that’s the Abilify ad, which basically is telling you to step up onto the next rung on the psychiatric drug ladder and add an antipsychotic drug, because what they’re giving you on the lower rung – antidepressants – don’t work. In his research, Whitaker has conclusively shown that in most cases these drugs work no better than a placebo – and can also have serious side effects, including causing even more serious mental disorders than the one you’re being treated for!'
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