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Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run. — Irving Kirsch

Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression. — Irving Kirsch

The doctor-patient relationship is critical to the placebo effect. — Irving Kirsch

The big bulk of the response to antidepressants is the placebo response. — Irving Kirsch

Greatness should have no victims
Greatness should need no victims. — Haroutioun Bochnakian

If doctors just spent more time with their patients so they felt more reassured, that might help. — Irving Kirsch

Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients. — Irving Kirsch

Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question. — Irving Kirsch

I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee, migraine, asthma. — Irving Kirsch

It's better to be born lucky than rich. If you're rich, you may lose your money, but if you're born lucky, you will always have more money. — D.H. Lawrence

One problem I have with drug companies is that they don't make all their data public. — Irving Kirsch

Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people. — Irving Kirsch

My mind lets go a thousand things,
Like dates of wars and deaths of kings — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it. — Carrie Underwood

First live to be 'sincere' then 'morality' will follow. — Dada Bhagwan

Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body. — Irving Kirsch

Pebbles that bring you joy are better than diamonds that bring you sorrow. — Matshona Dhliwayo

There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients. — Irving Kirsch

To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy. — Irving Kirsch

INDECISION is the seedling of FEAR! — Napoleon Hill

The only way Magick ever has power is when its secrets are truly secret. Once too many people know how it works, then it doesn't work anymore. — Abramelin Keldor

Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies. — Saint John Chrysostom