Gross Misconduct — The Final Nail in the Coffin for Antidepressants - LewRockwell
According to medical journalist Robert Whitaker, author of “Mad in America” and publisher of madinamerica.com, the widely-made claim that antidepressants work for nearly 7 out of 10 real-world patients is based on research misconduct and scientific fraud. “If the major media picks up on this story, they will have the chance to report on what arguably is the worst — and most harmful — scandal in American medical history,” he wrote in a January 3, 2024, article.1 The STAR*D Study The study in question, the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study,2 was published in 2006. This was the largest and …