Tag: treatment resistance

Half of Those Who Take Antidepressants Are Labeled ā€œTreatment Resistantā€

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Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them ā€œtreatment resistant.ā€

Drowning in Doubts: Why I Think About Leaving Psychiatry

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Going into psychiatry as a naĆÆve 25-year-old, I had no idea what I would discover. If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have chosen this field.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation No Better Than Placebo for Treatment-Resistant Depression

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A new study in JAMA Psychiatry found that transcranial magnetic stimulation was no better than placebo for treatment-resistant depression.

Might Antidepressants Create Treatment Resistance?

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FromĀ Psychiatric Times: A recent study of individualsĀ diagnosed with bipolar II disorder found that patients who haveĀ taken antidepressants in the past areĀ less likely to respond...

ā€œThe ā€˜Untreatables’: When Modern Psychiatry Can’t Helpā€

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For Vocative, Alexandra Ossola writes an in-depth report on ā€˜treatment resistance’ and the limitations of our current approaches to mental health treatment. ā€œIf we...