More than Two Thirds of People Taking Antidepressants ‘May NOT Actually Have Depression’

Editor’s Note: If you think Big Pharma doesn’t have big control, ask yourself why the majority of people taking anti-depressants aren’t even clinically depressed.

The majority of people taking antidepressants may not actually have depression, a new study claims.

Researchers discovered more than two-thirds (69 per cent) of people taking antidepressants did not meet the criteria for major depressive disorder, which is also known as clinical depression.

Antidepressants are also prescribed for other psychiatric disorders.

But the researchers found 38 per cent of those taking the drugs did not meet the criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia or generalised anxiety disorder either.

The U.S. investigators looked at those taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), the most commonly prescribed type of anti-depressant…

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