This was an excellent report. Irving Kirsch was great -- kind, relaxed, smart, modest, persuasive. The guys from the FDA and pro-antidepressants were twitchy and sneering. It was pretty odd. Leslie Stahl was shocked by the new information. The audience will probably identify with her, so that's a good thing.
The facts are similar with chemo drugs -- actual statistics show they're minimally effective, if at all.
But, hey, who cares about facts?!
It's truly a case of the Emperor's new drugs, as Kirsch says. Long live Irving Kirsch!
