Professor Peter Gøtzsche has today published an article in The Lancet entitled: ‘Why I think antidepressants cause more harm than good’. It was written in response to an earlier piece by Professor David Nutt, Professor Guy Goodwin and others under the heading: ‘Attacks on antidepressants: signs of deep-seated stigma?’
Gøtzsche’s article can be read here:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(14)70280-9/fulltext?_eventId=login
Nutt et al’s article can be seen here:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(14)70232-9/fulltext
(access is free for both though registration is required)
Could you please make the article public on the CEP website?
The whole process of having to subscribe to the Lancet is laborious.
“They also talk about anti-psychiatry, anti-capitalism, and a conspiracy theory. This is the language of people who are short of arguments.”
Amen Peter!
Perhaps Nutt et al should try these drugs themselves.