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    Listening to Peter Kramer

    JULY 11, 2011 10:03AM

    By Patrick D Hahn


    Topics: irving kirsch, peter kramer, eliot s valenstein, listening to prozac, blaming the brain, the emperor’s new drugs, health, healthcare, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex, prozac, antidepressants, fluoxetine, venlafaxine, effexor, nefazodone, serzone, paroxetine paxil, ssri’s, placebo, placebo effect, placebo washout period, depression, fda, hamilton rating scale for depression, hrsd, eli lilly

    • 11 Ratings
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    • 23 Comments
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    Exploding the antidepressant myth

    MARCH 30, 2011 3:13AM

    By Patrick D Hahn


    Topics: tricyclics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, serotonin, placebo effect, jeffrey lacasse, jonathon leo, ndri's, ssre's, snri's, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, health care, health, depression, suicide, david healy, hans melander, irving kirsch, lexapro, paxil, paroxetine, serzone, nefazodone, effexor, venlafaxine, prozac, fluoxetine, ssri’s, national institute for health and clinical excellence, american psychiatric association, fda, pfizer

    • 6 Ratings
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    Waiting for a Viral Outbreak of Common Sense

    SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 8:23AM

    By Kate Phillips


    Topics: swine flu, law of attraction, flu pandemic, placebo effect, nocebo effect, mind-body connection, kate phillips, blog audience, open call

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1725 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Remembering Doctor Heller

    MARCH 19, 2009 1:54PM

    By Patrick D Hahn


    Topics: health care, medical-industrial complex, overmedicalization, childhood, health, family doctor, general practitioner, placebo effect, health insurance, the good old days

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1927 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Physician, heal thyself

    MARCH 18, 2009 4:50PM

    By Patrick D Hahn


    Topics: health care, medical-industrial complex, alternative medicine, placebo effect, overmedicalization, nccam, health

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