Why Antidepressants Don't Work For So Many

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 03:28 in Health & Medicine

More than half the people who take antidepressants for depression never get relief. The reason, according to new research, is that the cause of depression has been oversimplified and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target. The medications are like arrows shot at the outer rings of a bull's eye instead of the center. The findings offer the first novel concept for antidepressant drugs in 20 years.

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