Quotes by : Irving Kirsch

Our analyses of the FDA data showed relatively little difference between the effects of antidepressants....

Physicians do not systematically prescribe placebos to their patients. Hence they have no way of comparing....

Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both....

For people who are depressed, and especially for those who do not receive enough benefit from medication....

Many of the benefits of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) can be obtained without going into therapy.....

Like antidepressants, a substantial part of the benefit of psychotherapy depends on a placebo effect,....

When people recover from depression via psychotherapy, their attributions about recovery are likely to....

Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression....

Not only are poor, unemployed, less will-educated and non-white people more likely to become depressed,....

Depression is partly a nocebo effect, in the sense that it can be produced by negative exceptions about....