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Irving Kirsch: The Emperor's New Drugs

Mizzou Visual Productions · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Mental health & neurodiversityMedicine & infectious diseaseScientific method & science communication

What it is

Psychologist Irving Kirsch gives a distinguished lecture on antidepressant trials and the placebo effect. He argues drug-placebo differences are small outside severe depression.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it in discussions of antidepressant efficacy, the serotonin model and the power of placebos.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend watching this lecture by Dr. Irving Kirsch.”

    Lecture on how powerful placebos are.

    leekyle333, 2018-10 · Strong recommendation · in “FDA approves new drug to treat influenza”

  2. “I found Irving Kirsch's talk about anti-depressants vs placebo in depression [1] very interesting.”

    Talk on antidepressants versus placebo in depression.

    q3PG23XiQKpZqpU, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “The Troubled History of Psychiatry”

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Topics: placebo, antidepressants, depression, clinical trials, psychology

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